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While serving as a “Protector,” W. G. Stretton described how these animals were given “sky burials,” then full burials, just like those of nearby humans. Researchers at Madura Cave found the oldest known bones of these creatures, whose limbs childless women would hold to carry and wear them like a belt. A “camp” variety of this animal often used as a “living blanket” was first documented by Watkin Tench. These animals and a “singing” relative are the only living members of a tentative clade that likely came via boat to (*) Sahul. They aren’t rabbits, (10[1])but an extensive fence from Jimbour to Darling Downs is named for this animal. The Dharug language provides the common name for this placental mammal, which overtook the thylacine to become the apex predator on a continent dominated (-5[1])by marsupials. For (10[1])10 points, pre-colonial Aboriginals seem to have partly domesticated what feral canines? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: dingoes [or warrigals; Canis familiar dingo; or Canis dingo; or Canis lupus dingo; accept Dingo Fence; prompt on Dog Fence; prompt on canines; prompt on dogs or wolves due to taxonomic debate] (The tentative clade Canis dingo contains the dingo and the New Guinean singing dog.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Doug Simonsjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubWalston et. al.9310
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)12 Litres of Green Tea131-5
David Bassjust one more half-dot broCope is the thing with feathers13410
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green TeaNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)14710

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%110.33
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y667%0%50%128.75
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%33%124.67
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%33%130.67