Well, they are predatory wild dogs,
but the reason they hassle people is because they are fed by campers or are scavenging rubbish to eat.
On Fraser island (off Queensland) rangers regularily have to move dingoes that hassle people for food.
However last year a big python(snake) tried to eat a 8 year old kid camping in a tent on Moreton Is. (near Brisbane Qld)
It was wrapped round his head and chest and going the squeeze.
I live in Queensland and all of the above is true
I also live in Queensland and yes indeed the above is true.
Dingoes are not ferocious animals: they’re mainly scavengers. Which is why so many Australians even to this day have difficulty believing ‘a dingo took her baby.’
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