Dingo Pups Go on Adventure at Australian Reptile Park

Posted By : The Animal Facts Editorial Team

Date: August 12, 2021 12:40 pm

Dingo pups Rocky and Lucky look out across the American alligator lake at the Australian Reptile Park with their keepers

Photo Credit: Australian Reptile Park

Lucky and Rocky the dingo puppies have been given a chance to explore the Australian Reptile Park while it was closed due to a Covid-19 lockdown. The pups were chaperoned by keepers Hewin Hochkins and Nick Astermann on their adventures.

On their travels the pair were able to see many of the sites at the award winning wildlife park including the Lost World of Reptiles where they could see iguanas and snakes along with seeing the parks star attraction, Elvis the giant five meter long crocodile.

In this video dingo pups Rocky and Lucky explore the Australian Reptile Park

Photo Credit: Australian Reptile Park

Lucky is a 13 week old pup who made headlines during her dramatic birth by C-section in May 2021. You can read our story on her birth here – Dingo Pup Hailed a Miracle After Emergency Birth

Keepers report that since her birth the pup has been going from strength to strength under the watch of keepers and parents Fred and Adina. Rocky joined the family from the Hunter Valley Zoo and has been providing company and a playmate for Lucky.

Australian Reptile Park Director, Tim Faulkner, said, “Playing with their siblings is an important part of socialisation for dingo puppies and we’re love seeing these two cuties grow up together and experience these kind of amazing moments.”

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Tim added, “While this may be a strange time for everyone experiencing lockdown in Greater Sydney, these days feel normal for animals at the Reptile Park. Our keepers are constantly providing new experiences for the animals to explore and express their natural behaviours with and this gave the pups some excellent enrichment and gave them the chance to experience new sights, smells and surroundings!”

Mr Faulkner continued, “We are hoping this video has brought smiles to the faces of those who watched it! What is cuter than two dingo puppies?! We just hope we can have everyone back here to meet Lucky and Rocky in person soon once everything opens back up again!”

Rocky the dingo pup meets a green iguana with one of his keepers at the Australian Reptile Park’s Lost World of Reptile Habitats

Photo Credit: Australian Reptile Park

As part of efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 the Australian Reptile Park is currently closed but you can keep up with what they are up to on their social channels. Each day they are producing education videos to help with home schooling.

Learn more about Dingoes here – Dingo Fact File | The Animal Facts

Learn more about the Australian Reptile Park on their website – Australian Reptile Park

One of the dingo pups during their adventure around the Australian Reptile Park

Photo Credit: Australian Reptile Park