Recently, some netizens discovered wild animals in Australia that resembled the "rhubarb" found in rural China, sparking onlookers' attention. This animal is actually an Australian dingo. It retains the ginger coat color and erect ears of rhubarb. It has a strong body and strong endurance. It is used to living in groups and cooperatively hunting. So where do they come from?

The whole genome research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the internationally authoritative gene sequencing have reached a conclusion:The direct ancestor of the Australian dingo is the ancient domesticated domestic dog in southern China, and it has the same origin as the Chinese pastoral dog..

It is reported that the team of Academician Zhang Yaping of the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an international team completed 109 whole-genome sequencing analyses, confirming that dingoes are not native to Australia, but set out from southern China about 9,900 years ago and migrated through the Southeast Asian island corridor, arriving on the Australian mainland about 8,300 years ago.

At that time, there were no large natural enemies such as wolves and tigers in Australia, and there were plenty of prey such as kangaroos and emus. Therefore, the "rhubarb" lost its docility, awakened its original wildness, and gradually adapted to the wilderness environment. After thousands of years of natural selection, it completely completed its rewilding and became Australia's largest native carnivore.

With their flexible tactics and super endurance, they have replaced the extinct thylacine and become the top predator. They not only prey on hares and small marsupials, but they can also hunt kangaroos that are several times their size.Effectively controlling the population of herbivores and maintaining local ecological balance, they are key species in the Australian ecosystem.

In addition to hunting, they can also eat crabs, stranded manatees, and even human garbage, making their survival extremely resilient.

But since there are no natural enemies, except for native Australian animals,"Rhubarb" also frequently attacks livestock, causing huge losses to pastures. The Australian government had to build more than 6,000 kilometers of isolation fences to control them..