S8 Ep299: DALLAS THE DOG MONITORS COCKATOO SIEGE DURING HEATWAVE Colleague Jeremy Zakis. During a severe heatwave in New South Wales where temperatures reached 115°F (43°C), Dallas the dog has been vigilantly monitoring a flock of destructive cockatoos from his por

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🗓️ 11 January 2026

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DALLAS THE DOG MONITORS COCKATOO SIEGE DURING HEATWAVE Colleague Jeremy Zakis. During a severe heatwave in New South Wales where temperatures reached 115°F (43°C), Dallas the dog has been vigilantly monitoring a flock of destructive cockatoos from his porch. While intelligent birds like magpies have retreated to the shade or are sharing Dallas's water bowl to survive the heat, the cockatoos remain active and destructive, tearing at pine cones and eyeing the neighbor's roof, which they damaged the previous year. The cockatoos are able to withstand the extreme temperatures better than other wildlife because they have located a water source in a neighbor's chicken coop, allowing them to continue their "siege" despite the weather. Dallas manages the situation by giving them the "stink eye" from his beanbag, successfully keeping them on the neighbor's side of the fence for the time being. NUMBER 4
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0:47.4	I'm John Batchel in southern New England where it's chilly, hands very cold, not as cold as it has been, so it feels like a warming trend.
0:54.0	The snow that's been on the ground since early December is actually breaking up a little bit, muddy out there. However, I let the
0:55.7	Spaniels run, and they had a good old time barking at everything that moved they could find,
1:01.0	and even some things that couldn't find, they made up. Spaniels like to get up very early in the
1:07.1	morning and catch the deer crossing the yard, getting excited that they can see a
1:11.8	deer. However, that's New England in the wintertime. We're going to New South Wales, Jeremy
1:18.9	Zachson, the summertime, and Dallas, the 11-year-old Spoodle, has collected a family of all the
1:26.2	friendly birds of the neighborhood, except one group that's
1:30.1	not friendly. It's surprising, too, because it's a very pretty and very large bird called the cockatoo.
1:36.6	So, Jeremy, this is turning into the adventures of Dallas and the cockatoo. What can you tell us
1:42.0	about the update? Are they aware of each other, stalking each other
1:45.1	around your property? Oh, John, they are absolutely aware of each other. And this week, especially
1:52.0	because it was so hot out there, I actually saw Dallas eyeballing the cockatoos and making sure
1:57.0	that they knew he was tracking him very much so. And what that means is literally
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