Australian Short-beaked Echidna - Rolled into a protective ball. Found throughout most of Australia where adults are solitary except during the winter breeding season
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Australian Short-beaked Echidna - Rolled into a protective ball. Found throughout most of Australia where adults are solitary except during the winter breeding season
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Short-beaked / short-nosed / Spiny ECHIDNA - Also known as a Spiny Anteater - Rolled into a protective ball
Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia
Tachyglossus aculeatus multiacul
Found throughout most of Australia where adults are solitary except during the winter breeding season. Just 1 egg is laid and when the youngster hatches it is kept in a pouch until it grows spines when it is placed in a special nursery burrow. Eats various invertebrates, termites and ants. Has been known to live 50 years.
Don Hadden
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