Bindi & Robert Irwin feature - Dingos - (Mia) Growing Up Wild. - video Dailymotion

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Robert & Bindi Irwin showcase their wildest animals at Australia Zoo.  Subscribe to The Pet Collective: http://full.sc/HbM62v Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thepetcollective Twitter: https://twitter.com/petcollectiveTV Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/petcollectivetv/ Google+: gplus.to/thepetcollective  Robert and Bindi introduce us to another Australian animal the Dingo. Dingo's have been in Australia for over four thousand years they come in a number of colour variations and are descended from the Asian wolf. They weigh up to 40lbs, and typically have four to six pups in a litter they scavenge a lot in the wild and they are generally much leaner than in captivity.  Cast Robert and Bindi Irwin.       Crew; Producer: Tom Armstrong, Camera Operator: Ryan Mooney, Sound Recordist: Scott Mulready. Editor: Lucy Garrick, Graphics: Matt White.

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00:00Hey Mia, how are you?

00:09Oh, good girl.

00:11This is Mia.

00:12Isn't she sweet?

00:13Mia is our beautiful 13-year-old dingo.

00:18The dingoes have been in Australia for over 4,000 years.

00:23They're found all through Australia, so everywhere through Australia, right?

00:27Yeah, it's true.

00:28Except for Tasmania.

00:29Except for Tasmania, yeah.

00:30Because it gets a little bit chilly there.

00:31Yeah.

00:32Mia kind of looks like a dog.

00:35She's actually a descendant from the Asian wolf.

00:38The dingoes wouldn't make a very good pet.

00:40Unlike the dogs, they're not very lovable, you know?

00:43If you got a dingo out of the wild, they wouldn't always want your affection.

00:47This is the normal colour that a dingo would have, but sometimes the dingoes can be more

00:52of a darker colour, and sometimes even white.

00:56Sadly, some people don't think that dingoes belong in Australia, and there's a bounty

01:01on dingoes in some places.

01:03There's a big fence throughout part of Australia called the Dingo Fence that was built in the

01:091880s in attempt to keep dingoes out of sheep yards because farmers don't really like dingoes.

01:16Now, in the wild, dingoes breed about once every year, and they have about four to six

01:21pups, don't they, Robert?

01:22Yeah, they do.

01:24They can also grow up to 40 pounds.

01:26They can, can't they?

01:27So they can get pretty big.

01:29Yeah.

01:30But if you look at Mia, she looks pretty big and chunky.

01:33She's gorgeous.

01:34But out in the wild, the dingoes get really lean and thin.

01:37That's because they're scavengers, so they look for any easy prey item.

01:41Mia is just one of our gorgeous animals here at Australia Zoo, so make sure you tune in

01:47next time, because there's many more to come.

01:50And subscribe to the Pet Collective channel.

01:52Come on, Mia.

Bindi & Robert Irwin feature - Dingos - (Mia) Growing Up Wild.

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