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betterdeadthanreddit ,

You could put a rock or something in there and use compressed fluid to propel the projectile at the dangerous animal. Maybe look into inexpensive gas canisters or chemicals that expand rapidly when struck and prepare individual containers with the rocks so you can swap them out quickly after use. Add on some small protrusions at the ends to help with getting the pipe lined up with the thing you want to hit too.

I think this idea could really catch on, will have to see whether there’s anything like that on the market already.

MyNameIsIgglePiggle OP ,

We don’t want to kill the dingoes, we just want to give them a little bang on the noggin so they don’t maul our wives or eat our babies

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fiat_lux ,

While a park ranger might well be employed by the federal government... calling a park ranger "the Australian government" is a bit much.

Crow ,
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It’s called a dingo-bye-bye-bat.

Chickenstalker , (edited )

>PVC

galvanised steel or go home

Algaroth ,

Let’s not go to Australia. 'Tis a silly place.

Piecemakers3Dprints ,
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I mean, they lost to emus last time and they brought gatling guns to that fight. Now, they’re handing out plastic pipes against dingos? How is that “learning from past mistakes”? 🤦🏼‍♂️

Pons_Aelius ,

How is that “learning from past mistakes”?

They learnt that unloading a machine gun at long range at a bunch of birds that at run at 45k was a useless idea.

So the swap to a melee weapon load out (however crap it is) could be seen as learning from past mistakes.

Algaroth ,

But it’s such a bad weapon. A cardboard tube might be the only thing worse. A child with a fork can do more damage than PVC pipe.

Pons_Aelius ,

If you can't hit a dingo on the nose hard enough to make it fuck off with a short length of PVC, you would likely end up hurting yourself trying to wield anything sharp and pointy.

Algaroth ,

True. I’m just saying, PVC pipe wouldn’t stop an angry house cat.

stopthatgirl7 ,
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Although isn’t it less to hurt them and more to deter them? You want them to leave you alone, not potentially injured badly to end up suffering or dead in the wild.

Algaroth ,

I think this is a response to the woman jogging that was nearly killed by 4 dingos. I doubt a PVC pipe would help against 4 dingos let alone one. An attacking dog is hard to fight off so I would imagine a dingo is no easier.

stopthatgirl7 ,
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Yeah, but dingoes are classified as Vulnerable, which is one step above Endangered. They might not want to risk people hurting them when the goal is to get them to leave you alone or hold them off until help arrives.

Algaroth ,

I get what you’re saying. I just don’t think a PVC pipe would make a difference.

stopthatgirl7 ,
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I figure, it’s better than nothing. The force behind a good swing is stronger than one might think, too. Some folks would be completely useless if attacked, mind, but some will get some good hard whacks in because of adrenaline.

Algaroth ,

Maybe you’re supposed to play it like a didgeridoo and scare them off that way.

Aliendelarge ,

Unless the difference is not harming the dingo.

Algaroth ,

Right. But, as I pointed out earlier, dingoes nearly killed a woman just yesterday. They might not be showing you the same courtesy.

AnonymousLlama ,
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Emus are fierce fighters tho! Can close the gap quickly

MuThyme ,

We also lost at biological warfare against rabbits, we aren’t good at this stuff

Piecemakers3Dprints ,
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Wait. I genuinely thought that was just a metaphor for the historical massacre and subjugation of the indigenous people. Rabbits beat the Aussies, too?

MuThyme ,

Yeah, we spent ages getting a rabbit only virus ready, and accidentally released it way too early. So a bunch of rabbits died, and the ones that lived had children that were immune enough to live.

Or something like that, it’s been a while since I’ve read about it.

Piecemakers3Dprints ,
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IIRC, that was the premise for the TMNT setting in a post-apoc down under for the RPG back in the 90s. 🤣🤘🏼

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