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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3771760" data-attributes="member: 92780">Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck = is a duck !    ..... it's a bl**dy long walk from the Top End to Port Jackson !'History Wars' is a quaint whitewashing concept. There's no debate about it. The invaders came here with express orders to steal the land, and committed genocide in the process.I'm not schooled in the genetic similarities of the Asian dogs, but given that there is now compelling evidence of Aboriginal inhabitance as far back as ~65,000 years ago in Australia   <a href="https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=364276" target="_blank">https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=364276</a>   ,  one has to wonder at the origins and timing of the dingoes arrival.  A number of unique and distinctive features had evolved into a distinct stable species prior to the arrival of the white man.As I said in an earlier post, I think one of the biggest risks from the genetic pollution by feral domestic dogs to the dingo would be an increase in the breeding cycle to more than once yearly.Has there been any research on the Tasmanian Devils predating Foxes? - they certainly don't co-exist in the wild. Likewise is there any research on their effect on Feral Cats? some of those are getting up over 20kg now ....  <a href="https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3730446#post3730446" target="_blank">https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3730446#post3730446</a>It's an interesting concept, though Wedge-tailed Eagles also predate circa ~10% of Feral Cats and Foxes ..... perhaps we should just prevent 'farmers' from killing hundreds of these precious birds ?!Chosun   :gh:</blockquote>

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