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Dingo puppies are extraordinarily adorable! [1]

['Jennifer Sandlin']

Date: 2025-07-16

If you've never seen dingo puppies, you're in for a real treat. Like all animal babies, dingo puppies are out-of-this-world cute — in fact, they might be some of the cutest baby animals I've ever seen!

If you want to see for yourself, just check out the three new puppies recently born to first-time dingo mom Chilli, who lives at Australian Reptile Park. Chilli did great during the birth, and dingo dad (also his first puppies!) Bandit was super supportive, assisting Chilli and even cleaning off the first pup as it entered the world.

This video recounts the story of the birth of the three dingo puppies — who are named Socks, Rusty, and Muffin — and shows a bit of footage from the live cam that captured the magical moments! And in this video, where the puppies are a few weeks old, you can see how round and fluffy and soft-looking they are. Look at their sweet wrinkly faces, their little bellies, and the tiny white socks on their paws! Finally, this video features puppy Socks, who had to see the vet and get treated for some issues she was having in one of her front legs, likely caused by Chilli accidently stepping on her in their den. Luckily, Socks got all bandaged up and is doing well otherwise, getting her teeth and eating all the things! She'll be taken care of by veterinary staff until she's ready to be reunited with her mom, dad, and siblings.

In a feature article about Chilli, Bandit, and the new puppies, Australian Reptile Park describes the crucial role the dingoes play at the park:

While these dingo pups are undeniably adorable, they also play a vital role as ambassadors for their species. Their presence allows the Australian Reptile Park to educate the public about the crucial role dingoes play in Australia's ecosystems — and the serious threats they face in the wild. "As cute as the puppies are, they play a crucial role in raising species awareness," Seleena [Keeper Seleena De Gelder] explains. "The dingo plays a very important role in the Australian ecosystem, but dingoes are being blasted, baited, tracked, shot, and hunted in the wild because of their perceived damage to agriculture. However, killing dingoes makes way for feral foxes and cats to continuously increase the rate of mammal extinction."

Australian Reptile Park, located in Somersby, NSW, describes itself as a "hands-on zoo located in a natural bush setting on the Central Coast of NSW, home to exotic reptiles from around the world and a wide variety of Australian native animals." The park provides conservation work such as the Tasmanian devil breeding program, and the lifesaving collection of snake and spider venom.

Please enjoy the videos of the cute fluffy dingo puppies, below, check out a story about Chilli and her puppies here, and see more of the pups and the other animals at the Australian Reptile Park website, YouTube, or Instagram.

Previously:

• Australian women slapped with heavy fines after risky dingo encounters for social media selfies

• Dingo killed baby

• From dingo babysitter to net neutrality hero: Tom Wheeler's legacy

• Nothing in this world is cuter than baby animals!

• Baby animals: Boy, they sure are cute!

• Grooming a baby sea otte

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