Wildlife: Wildlife Encounters 3: Monotremes, 1 by kennedyh
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kennedyh wrote: The next time I met an echidna, 4 months later, I was more patient. I stood very still beside it and it gradually lifted its head and gave me a full view of it. Its long nose is probed into termite mounds. Ants and termites are its favourite food! Notice how hairy the echinda is between its spines. This is a feature of the Tasmanian echidnas, which used to be considered a separate species. |