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They look so friendly (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/humor@lemmy.world

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[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 92 points 9 months ago (13 children)

Hot take (I'll accept my downward facing arrows, thank you), but people regularly vastly overestimate the safety and docility of "regular" dogs too

[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You're absolutely correct. Any dog over about 10kg has the power to cause serious injury, especially to a child or other dog/pet. Greyhounds have a horrendous prey drive and will eat your cat in 2 seconds flat

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[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Humans too

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 78 points 9 months ago (4 children)

If they don't kill you, they may steal your baby.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 101 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

And the media and courts will ruin the next 20 years of your life as we harass you over your dead baby.

Meanwhile dipshits on the Internet laugh about your dead baby 30 years later.

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 39 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Have you ever considered people make the joke because of Seinfeld and no inherent knowledge of the actual situation that took place in Australia?

[–] CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I came to the comments expecting Seinfeld references and am only just now learning it was a real thing.

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[–] dirtydan@iusearchlinux.fyi 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Decades later authorities determined a dingo really ate the baby

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[–] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

40 years :( sorry

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You know that's a true story, right?

Lady lost a kid.

Tropic Thunder may have taught me that, but I'll never not picture RDJ disguised as a dude playing another dude when I hear it.

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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 61 points 9 months ago (6 children)

This is actually something being debated in Australia. Until a few years ago, Dingoes were considered the same species as the regular dog Canis familiaris. Recent DNA studies have shown them to be distinct, however. So now there's Canis dingo. Only, Dingoes can interbreed with the regular dog, which normally is the test for them being the same species. Maybe that makes them a subspecies?

So, yeah - even we don't know what they are. If they were raised by humans, they are happy friendly doggos. If in the wild, then they're dingoes.

[–] luves2spooge@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It depends if their progeny can reproduce. A male donkey and a female horse can make a mule but mules are sterile.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Blue heelers are half dingo I believe.

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[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 52 points 9 months ago

B...but...if not friends why friendshaped??????

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Don't go to Tasmania either.

Look at this cute guy!

I want to hold him and pet him and love him and- OH FUCK!

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That thing looks like a devil.

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[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago

Aww, he's yawning 😍

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

incomprehensible noises and spitting intensify

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Would pet.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

And it would be the last time you would pet anything with that arm again.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Yeah ngl that thing looks ugly as hell

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[–] Reasonable_Guy@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Holy shit, that looks so much like my Shiba

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[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Everything in Australia can kill you

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Exhibit A: one of our children's TV presenters

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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 24 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Any wild creature bigger than a rat is an animal you should be cautious of. I mean, I wouldn't pet a wild rat, either, but I'm also not afraid one will attack and kill me.

Wild dog packs roam lots of countries in south-east Asia. Don't fucking go near them. They will try to seperate you from other humans and take you down for a snack.

So weird though when you see, like, a golden retriever in their ranks. The urge to go pet them is too strong. I did a lot of catching myself walking towards them when I was in thailand.

[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

The first half of your comment was good and then it devolved into nonsense. Thai street dogs don't eat people, the amount of fucking rubbish strewn everywhere keeps them fed.

Now will they bite you? Of course, it's a dog.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Even a rat bite can have extremely nasty side effects

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[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I had a dingo. RIP Lucy girl

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[–] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm scared. If it can fool Andy Warhol it can fool me.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I had to look up if Warhol was killed by dingoes. For the also curious, he was not.

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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

CAN I PET THAT DAWG!?

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[–] Cowbee@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

Why friend shape if not friend?

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe these are those skinwalkers my Australian friend talks about...

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a friendly dingo!

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

On the internet nobody is friendly nor a dingo

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[–] tslnox@reddthat.com 9 points 9 months ago

That shit's dingo.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I always wondered if Portuguese Podengos were brought back by explorers.

They aren't, but I like my story better

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