Fraser Island, Australia - There are always dangerous encounters between humans and animals in the land Down Under. Recently, a two-year-old almost lost his life after being attacked by a dingo, a type of wild dog.

Australia's Fraser Island is a tourist hotspot, and unfortunately also has a history of dingo attacks, with this being the second attack on a child just this year.

As the Guardian reports, the two-year-old boy managed to leave the house where his parents were sleeping.

Unaware of the dangers lurking outside, he happily walked around and explored the surroundings.

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One of the dingos roaming the area believed the boy to be prey, and attacked him on the arm, leg, neck, shoulder, and back of the head. His twelve wounds could have proved fatal if bystanders hadn't intervened and chased off the wild dog.

Miraculously, the child survived the attack and was airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.

A helicopter took both mother and child to nearby Bundaberg Hospital. The boy escaped without any life-threatening injuries. Fortunately, the dingo had been traveling alone instead of in a pack.

The Department of Environment and Science released a statement and said, "Dingoes that lose their natural wariness of people and become habituated may become aggressive while seeking food."

The outlook for the toddler is good, considering he felt good enough to watch a bit of Peppa Pig during his helicopter flight to the hospital. The Department of Environment and Science is working to identify which dingo harmed the boy.