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Tachyglossus aculeatus
Spotted on May 5, 2008
Submitted on Jan 18, 2012
11 Comments
I thought it was a bunch of sea urchin.
Nice spotting ACAL
Seriously he looks like he would get to the point lol ok.. bad joke but still a great photo! You should put it in the Wold Wildlife Federation Mission.
Awesome..are not the spines prickly?
Woow what wonders the earth inhabits!!!
Really interesting...what an animal!
Thanks ACAL!
I'll try to give the important bits of info :) I'm certainly no expert. The echidnas and platypus are the only monotremes. They are actually egg laying mammals. The second photo he is burying himself in the grass as defence, just tucked everything in and wriggled down. Amazing how stuck they actually get themselves.
cute!
Adorable! Please can you give us some information on this very interesting creature ACAL?
This photo made my evening! :-)