Yesterday I posted a photo of a dingo at Bennetts Beach in the Myall Lakes and in my topics album today I thought I would post this shot to show some of the people who commented on yesterdays image just where the dingo was.
This beach backs on to the Mungo Brush bushland and there are lots of dingos in this area.
Here you can see our friend Helen eating a sausage roll and the dingo hoping she will share some of it.
We are encouraged not to feed the dingos because we don't want another Lindy Chamberlain situation.
This dingo was very wary even though she tried to get close to Helen.
Apparently there was a dingo attack at this same beach a few weeks ago.
Sorry I have been absent the last couple of days, but we had a long day yesterday and I was tired last night. I will try and catch up a bit today but we are out at a party later this afternoon and evening too. All go here.
A great capture. I do understand that it is important for wild animals not to depend on handouts for their food source. I do wonder though if the dingo could be moved to an area where there are no people?
@gilbertwood She must have been so hungry to wander out of the bushland.
@maggiemae Not on holiday Maggie, just a day out with our local U3A. I think you are right, she definitely zoomed in on Helen and her sausage roll.
@helenhall A few of us definitely moved to a different picnic area to eat our packed lunch. Helen was just brave enough to tackle her sausage roll with the dingo within sniffing distance.
@fbailey@inthecloud5@beryl@Dawn@dide This beach is on the edge of a huge area of bushland so we were in her territory really, she must have been so hungry to wander out of the bush even though she was nervous around people.
@louannwarren We are the ones in her territory Lou Ann this beach backs on to a huge area of bushland called Mungo Brush and so it is us humans who have encroached on her part of the world. She was a very hungry dingo and you could see her ribs as she came close. She must have been terrified to be close to people, but unfortunately, hunger was a greater fear than humans. She looks as though she is feeding pups too which made her wander out of the bushland hoping people would feed her.
@mittens She is definitely dangerous Marilyn, there have been a few cases where dingoes have taken babies in bushland.
@golftragic Not tame at all Marnie, just starving I fear. She seems to be feeding pups and so was forced to venture out of the bushland close by to feed her young. Survival is scary sometimes.
@onewing Thanks Babs, having looked at her I suspected much the same. Despite the Lindy C case I'm not too sure that all dingos are so bad unless you're small and helpless. When I took my last dog to obedience classes one woman had a dingo there and it was lovely, albeit a bit different. You're right, survival is desperate, our (now totally spoiled) Maggie would have been like that when she was abandoned in a backyard (and left for days before anyone noticed) about to drop pups with no food, water or human contact. I hope someone did feed her.
Dont think I would like to be that close to a hungry dingo with food in my hand. The problem is if anything goes awry- the dingo will definitely be shot.
This is a fabulous shot, lovely composition. I have enjoyed reading everyone’s comments and particularly your responses Babs. It’s a complex problem. I understand why you saw the similar between my fox and a dingo, both beautiful animals that humans find difficult to live alongside. Fav btw.
@golftragic I agree Marnie. A well fed dingo will just pass you by without a thought in the wild, but this poor girl was very wary of people and rather hungry. I did feel sorry for her.
@susiemc I love dingoes, they are magnificent animals. I love foxes too and they get a bad press too don't they. We get a lot of foxes here and I always feel sorry when I see a road kill fox.
Great capture to show how close the fungi was. Helen was very brave. I see that she did share. I think that may have been a safe thing to do. I wonder if they will attack...if they don't get what they want.
Good shot- that would be too close for comfort for me. I'd be tempted to share, but I know too well that getting a wild animal acclimated to humans and human food is a very dangerous thing to do. They don't understand "sorry I don't have any food for you today" when the next person comes along and doesn't want to share. Brave Helen!
@henrir The don't tend to attack people, just grab the food and run. This little lady was rather nervous but I think the smell of a sausage roll was too tempting.
Helen always seems to attract the wildlife, it was her who almost trod on this huge monitor lizard when we were out with the walking group a couple of months ago. http://365project.org/onewing/365/2018-05-05
@olivetreeann Helen does seem to attract the wildlife here as you will see if you click on the link above.
@annied Absolutely right Annie, survival instinct over-rules anything else when whatever it is is starving. Any small animal of any species is highly vunerable, as you'd well know.
July 22nd, 2018
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I think I might have been the one that was wary in this situation.
@maggiemae Not on holiday Maggie, just a day out with our local U3A. I think you are right, she definitely zoomed in on Helen and her sausage roll.
@helenhall A few of us definitely moved to a different picnic area to eat our packed lunch. Helen was just brave enough to tackle her sausage roll with the dingo within sniffing distance.
@fbailey @inthecloud5 @beryl @Dawn @dide This beach is on the edge of a huge area of bushland so we were in her territory really, she must have been so hungry to wander out of the bush even though she was nervous around people.
@louannwarren We are the ones in her territory Lou Ann this beach backs on to a huge area of bushland called Mungo Brush and so it is us humans who have encroached on her part of the world. She was a very hungry dingo and you could see her ribs as she came close. She must have been terrified to be close to people, but unfortunately, hunger was a greater fear than humans. She looks as though she is feeding pups too which made her wander out of the bushland hoping people would feed her.
@mittens She is definitely dangerous Marilyn, there have been a few cases where dingoes have taken babies in bushland.
@golftragic Not tame at all Marnie, just starving I fear. She seems to be feeding pups and so was forced to venture out of the bushland close by to feed her young. Survival is scary sometimes.
Helen always seems to attract the wildlife, it was her who almost trod on this huge monitor lizard when we were out with the walking group a couple of months ago. http://365project.org/onewing/365/2018-05-05
@olivetreeann Helen does seem to attract the wildlife here as you will see if you click on the link above.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Azaria Chamberlain was taken at Uluru in 1980
@suzanne234 They are beautiful animals. I love dingoes. It wasn't nice to see this one looking so hungry though. I felt so sorry for her.