For this school assignment, I had to write about a wild animal found only in Australia. I had been reading books and learning about Australia. One book I read is called Red Sand, Blue Sky by Cathy Applegate. There were no dingos in that story, but I decided to write about dingos, anyway.

Dingos are Australian wild dogs that live everywhere in Australia except Tasmania. Dingos like to hunt alone or in small family groups at night. Dingos eat rabbits, lizards, sheep, and kangaroos. Dingos must drink once a day, so they live near water. Dingos have short fur and are “medium” sized. Their fur is Fall-colored such as yellow, orange, rust, brown, and sometimes even black. An interesting thing about dingos is that they don’t bark, but they do howl. Dingos mate once a year and have one to eight puppies in the Spring. The puppies live with their parents for one to three years. The mother nurses the puppies for two months; then she regurgitates food until the puppies are four months. At for months the puppies hunt for themselves. Unfortunately, these Australian dogs do not make good house pets. They are truly wild Australian animals.