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Males and females responded one month later during drought periods. During drought, fewer older females and no first-year females bred and males demonstrated a reduced and delayed reproductive response.
Social constraints on reproduction have been shown in young dingoes, but in this study a lack of food due to drought may have had a greater influence. View Dimensions. Generally pups usually become independent at 3—4 months of age, or if in a pack, when the next breeding season begins. Mating time is a time for testing dominance, protecting territories and expelling invaders from other packs. It is a trying time for dingoes, especially males. Adults compete to mate and will fight to protect their territory—to the death if necessary.
Some dingoes may also try to dominate humans by snarling, nipping or biting. This is a dangerous time for submissive, young animals or animals roaming outside of their territories. Fights regularly occur and can involve two or more dingoes at a time.
Most know to submit to the dominant dingo, with the matter generally settled with a bite—the loser then running away. Some serious wounds can cause long-lasting injuries, lameness or even death. This is a natural habit of all pack animals.
Once new born pups arrive, their mothers may be aggressive. They need to find food for themselves and their pups. September to November is when pups are learning to hunt. If food from humans is available, pups may not learn natural hunting skills. Adult dingoes may regard humans as competitors for that food and become aggressive.
Pups learn pack rules through play, showing aggressive behaviour to gain dominance. Young dingoes will try to dominate people, especially children. Although dingoes are often seen alone, most belong to socially integrated packs whose members meet every few days or coalesce during the breeding season to mate and rear pups. At such times, scent marking and howling is most pronounced. In areas where dingoes are not disturbed by human control operations, discrete and stable packs of 3—12 dingoes occupy territories throughout the year.
Such packs have distinct male and female hierarchies where rank order is largely determined and maintained by aggressive behaviour especially within the male ranks. Dingoes live in packs characterised by a male dominance hierarchy throughout the year and a secondary female hierarchy during the breeding season. Essentially there are dominant animals, subordinate animals and scapegoats at the bottom of the hierarchy.
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