Sunday

April 30, 2017

A spiky visitor.

16 comments:

  1. Lucky, lucky you. It is years since I have seen one.

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    1. It is a Short-beaked Echidna. We don't often get them on the farm so was pretty exited to come across this one.

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  3. so lucky to see one this close....we had one, a baby one, in the garden about 2 years ago,
    it was stinking hot (over 40degrees) he/she was looking for some water....managed to video him/her for a few minutes before it disappeared....so very cute!

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  4. That is quite the 'hairdo' he has.

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  5. I would love to see what my granddaughter would think of it!

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  6. He's quite the poser! Beautiful capture.

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  7. Oh wow lucky you, I am jealous. Diane

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  8. Cool! What is it? It looks like a porcupine like we have here.

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    1. This an echidna which is a bit smaller than your porcupine, but unlike your porcupine that births live young the echidna is a monotreme, it lays eggs into their pouch, and the hatchlings (known as puggles)stay there for up to 2 months.

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  9. Oh, how super cute! You got a great shot. I love that the little ones are called 'puggles'!!

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  10. So cute,another great photo :)
    Regards Jo x

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  11. Lovely. This looks like our hedgehog.

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