Gary Taylor Photography
Love their speed and accuracy .
Bobby catches a glimpse of a mouse dashing to safety and takes an almighty leap at it. Even before the sand settles he knows he's got it
Canids form a large part of Indigenous Australian life and mythology, an association first developed with the dingo, and later with the domestic dog. The relationship between canids and Indigenous Australians is intricate, but unique in that these peoples never domesticated the wild dingo. Neither were dingoes and dogs seen as a source of food nor in many cases considered practical hunting assistants, yet they were highly prized. Apart from featuring heavily in Indigenous Australian spirituality (The Dreaming), advantages of camp dingoes and dogs include them being protectors or guardians, "bed warmers," and companions.
The beautiful face of a native predator.
Our Donk...Desert dingo...
We love our dingoes...
Their speed, durability and strength mixed with intelligence, agility and respect, wrapped in a happy disposition with the worthy confidence of a top land predator is one reason ....
Some fancy moves...
One of the reasons we prefer still pics to motion is that the action is too fast to see when it comes to dingoes, and having said that, we can't remember how Bobby managed to get his rope around his snout, under Donk's legs and over her back coming from the opposite direction? (and no, these are not great pics 'cos they were getting too close for the lens Gary was using) but you've got to love the way she grabs his rope and the look on his face as she takes off with it....hahaha
"you can take the dingo out of the wild but you can't take the wild out of the dingo" It's what makes em so special
Poor old Donk, caught in a hit and run, twic. First a surprise attack downhill body-slam by Bobby who then takes off and does a mad whoopy around, over and through the vegetation... Donk makes for higher ground but Bobby's already back and body-slams her uphill too, just for good measur, he does another mad whoopy, laughing his head off and comes back for the triple... but with Donk it's two strikes and you're out...
Dingoes are efficient, top order predators, with strong jaws, large canines and flexible joints that enable them to bring down prey larger than themselves. They are also able to suppress meso-predators such as introduced cats and foxes.
Bobby and Donk were playing in the dark at the beach when Donk stepped on a crab
O-ooohh!!! Something touched my foot!"
What is it?
Bobby....
Strength and skill mixed with grace and agility. It's like watching footage of arctic foxes leaping into the snow, you never get sick of it...
When a predator chases its prey it watches the body language and movement to tell which way it's going to run. if the arms swing left the animal will turn right. But a predator knows this and will put an arm out each way giving no indication of which way it's going to go 'til it's gone
The dingo capriole - Dingoes never collide when running together (unless playing). Somehow, as if by telepathy, when a crash seems inevitable, one will leap into the air in avoidance