NEWS: A Dingo Saved My Baby!!

CULTURE: A Dingo Saved My Baby!!

In a tale straight out of a children's book or a Disney movie, a stray dog in Kenya is being credited with saving an infant.

More proof that dogs are some of the greatest creatures on Earth.

Awwwwwwwww

This reminds me of that famous picture of that skinny African baby being eyed by a hungry vulture!
Except that was sad!!

Animals just do the damndest things to humans, hu!

The pups were ready to ween, and we know that to a dog, meat is meat..



j/k

As an Italian American I find this very offensive!!

BORING....

That's awesome. That dog should totally get a reward, like a steak or something. Or at least not have to be a stray anymore.

'Wean'- w-e-a-n.
Is it that difficult, people? Sheesh.
Almost as bad as 'spayded'.

[Edited on May 09, 2005 8:36PM]

This is reminiscent of the gorilla that saved that little kid a long while ago.

Helpless infants appear to give off a smell that communicates their state. It is understood accross species. There are numerous stories of infant humans that were cared for by wolves, dogs, chimpanzees, gorillas, etc. Humans are not the only benefactors of this phenomenon. Other cross-species care of newborns have been reported. I'm not aware of any research, though. Its all just anecdotal. I recently heard they discovered the mammal that was the anscestor of all mammals today. My thought was, "aww, she was probably quite a sweety." I bet mammals invented snuggling.

I just want to know how, when they found the baby, supposedly two days after its abandonment, and nobody witnessed the abandonment, they ascertained the whole "dog finding and carrying baby across busy street" bit.

I surmised that the plastic bag was left at the desertion site, since the article states that the baby was found in only the filthy t-shirt.

Several media professionals did witness the dog carrying the child across the busy street. However, said media, being bound by reality-rules non-interference, could do nothing save watch and wait for a ratings bonanza that would (hopefully) arrive before sweeps.

That's one way to contribute. I look forward to reading your fascinating news wire contributions when you've submitted some.

sorry to nit pick but they dont have dingo's in Kenya,coz if it was a real fair dinkum Aussie dingo he wouldve buried it

agreed

Who let the dog out??

[Edited on May 10, 2005 by PointBlank]

I realize it wasn't a true dingo, but the headline wouldn't be the same if I wrote "Dog Saves Baby".

I apologize if I offended any Aussie dingo lovers by giving their feral dogs a good name.





[Edited on May 10, 2005 by crispy]