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Mating Habits of the Echidna

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • 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 (382412) • 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...

western australia

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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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Australiana 2! If you thought the wombat was weird..... Check out this dude!

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 23 Nov 08

There is yet another animal that is totally unique to Australia that I wanted to share. It's a platypus and is described as an egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal! It belongs to a genus called the...

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