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Bradley P Smith
@howlingdingo.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer (Psychology) at CQUniversity. Researching dingoes, dogs, human-animal interactions, non-lethal approaches to human-wildlife conflict.

Living on Peramangk Country. Father of 3 mini humans and a Labrador.

www.howlingdingo.com.au
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socwithsci.bsky.social
🎙️ Bluey helps kids learn resilience, reports Bradley Smith in a new paper. Listen to him talk about this, and other things (dingoes), on a new episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS. @cquniversity.bsky.social @howlingdingo.bsky.social #Bluey #dingoes
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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socwithsci.bsky.social
🎧 Fun new episode, out now! Dr. Bradley Smith talks all about dingoes and why they're controversial, as well as his new study on the kids' TV show Bluey and how it teaches resilience. #Bluey #dingoes @howlingdingo.bsky.social @cquniversity.bsky.social

www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...
Bradley Smith watches dingos, and also Bluey (he's a comparative psychologist) - Socializing with Scientists
Bradley grew up in suburban Australia, fascinated by the scientists in movies like Jurassic Park. He also eagerly read biographies and memoirs, and his love of animals and people soon grew into a succ...
www.buzzsprout.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
howlingdingo.bsky.social
I have just been featured on a neat little podcast called "Socializing with scientists". If you are interested in finding out more about me, dingoes, my research and background, you're welcome to listen!

Website: socializingwithscientists.com
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7hoM...
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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carolinebowen.bsky.social
🐾 @howlingdingo.bsky.social writes about #Bluey and fostering resilience in children in @aunz.theconversation.com and researchers applying the 1995 Grotberg Resilience Framework (bibalex.org/baifa/Attach...). theconversation.com/researchers-... @pamelasnow.bsky.social
Researchers watched 150 episodes of Bluey – they found it can teach kids about resilience for real life
She’s six years old, lives in Brisbane and might just be one of the best resilience coaches on television.
theconversation.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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csiropublishing.bsky.social
Are dingoes dogs?

Researchers argue no: dingoes are genetically distinct, reproductively isolated, and on their own evolutionary path:

theconversation.com/dingoes-are-...

@drcairns.bsky.social @howlingdingo.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social @newsometm.bsky.social

#AusMammalogy

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Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path
New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences
theconversation.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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csiropublishing.bsky.social
#OpenAccess in #AusMammalogy: Taxonomic tangles posed by human association – urgent need for evidence-based review of dingo & domestic dog taxonomy & nomenclature.

www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM24052

@drcairns.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social @howlingdingo.bsky.social @newsometm.bsky.social

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A pack of dingoes with cream-coloured fur. Four look like adults, one is a pup. A caption suggests we read an open access research article in Australian Mammalogy tilted 'Taxonomic tangles posed by human association – the urgent need for an evidence-based review of dingo and domestic dog taxonomy and nomenclature'. The photo is credited as being by CraigRJD, Getty Images Signature.
August 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
howlingdingo.bsky.social
New #dingo garden ornament
December 23, 2024 at 12:56 AM
howlingdingo.bsky.social
A bit of holiday fun, building Lego dogs with the kiddos!
December 20, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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conservbytes.bsky.social
How much do #invasivespecies cost Australia?

Around $25 billion/year (or more)

Detailed assessment of the reported economic costs of invasive species in Australia

neobiota.pensoft.net/article/58834/

(with the Abstract available in 25 different languages)

@neobiota.pensoft.net
Detailed assessment of the reported economic costs of invasive species in Australia
The legacy of deliberate and accidental introductions of invasive alien species to Australia has had a hefty economic toll, yet quantifying the magnitude of the costs associated with direct loss and d...
neobiota.pensoft.net
December 11, 2024 at 3:57 AM
howlingdingo.bsky.social
New research shows Australian dingoes have unique skin bacteria different from domestic dogs! Scientists found they naturally carry S. equorum, adding to evidence that dingoes are #notdogs. #dingo www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Staphylococcal carriage among captive dingoes (Canis dingo) in Victoria, Australia
The evolutionary lineage and taxonomy of the Australian dingo is controversial, however recent genomic and gut metagenomic research has suggested that…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:49 AM
howlingdingo.bsky.social
Visiting the Dingo Discovery Centre in Melbourne this week. Collaborating with Prof Jenny Morton from Cambridge studying dingo cognition. Always a battery recharge getting my dingo fix! #notadog #dingo
December 4, 2024 at 8:34 AM