echidna

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I was seriously tempted

Judy Evans @JudyEv (360031) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Aug

This echidna, also known as a spiny ant-eater, and bilby (I think it’s a bilby) were in the tourist centre in Narrogin, Western Australia. They seemed to be made of wood but I’m not sure they were as they were so light. I thought...

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The echidna that stopped a motor race

Judy Evans @JudyEv (360031) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec 21

The Mount Panorama 500 (better known nationally as the Bathurst 1000) is an Australian motor racing event and was recently held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales. The race always creates a great deal of...

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Mating Habits of the Echidna

Judy Evans @JudyEv (360031) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Aug 16

Following my post about the echidna, I decided to research how they do manage to mate. It seems the males have a four-headed penis. At any mating, only two heads on one side are active and the pairs of heads alternate with each...

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Stop! (squeal of brakes). There's an echidna!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (360031) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Aug 16

I was thrilled to see three echidnas during our two-weeks away. They are not often seen in the open and seeing three was a rare treat. Echidnas and platypuses (or perhaps that should be platypi) are monotremes and native to...

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We've been away looking at wildflowers

Judy Evans @JudyEv (360031) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Aug 16

We returned this morning from a fortnight spent north of Perth, Western Australia, looking at wildflowers. We took our bus/motor-home and two other couples travelled in their motor-homes too. Mostly we camped in free camping...

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Australiana 3! The "punk rocker" monotreme and a little champion!

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 24 Nov 08

This spiky dude is called an echidna. They are also called "spiny anteaters" because they eat termites and ants, but they are not related to the anteater family at all! The echidna is the second example of a monotrem of egg laying...

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Echidna

baysmummy @baysmummy (1637) • Australia 14 Nov 06

Today we had an Echidna at our front door by the time i got my camera and got it working it was slowly walking away but i got a picture here it is!

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