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Title: Echidna
Post by: piggy on November 07, 2010, 02:54:00 AM

I love seeing the pictures of your animals which get posted from time to time.
So I thought this might interest some.
Today I had a visitor to my yard who has now decided to reside in one of my sheds.
This is an Echidna (ant-eater) and an Australian native mammal which lays it's egg in its pouch to incubate, our Platypus is the only other Mammal which also lays its egg in its pouch.

please post images no wider than 640!
 
 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/2piggy/IMG_0043.jpg[/IMG]

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Post by: Thumper Dunker on November 07, 2010, 03:14:00 AM

Cute.

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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on November 07, 2010, 04:28:00 AM

Nice, Paul. Thanks for sharing that.

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Post by: dirtguy on November 07, 2010, 06:33:00 AM

Nice pic

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Post by: Jack Whitmire Jr on November 07, 2010, 06:41:00 AM

What a snout   :saywhat:

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Post by: ChristopherO on November 07, 2010, 06:48:00 AM

Are those quills similar to a hedgehog's quills?  
Thanks for posting, hope it keeps the ants cleaned up for you.

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Post by: YORNOC on November 07, 2010, 06:51:00 AM

I believe he may be Pope and Young??????    1/2 minimum I think.

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Post by: straitera on November 07, 2010, 08:29:00 AM

Krikey! Ain't she a beaut! Cool stuff. Thanks

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Post by: StickBowManMI on November 07, 2010, 09:59:00 AM

Cool looking animal. Thanks for sharing the picture.

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Post by: GWC on November 07, 2010, 01:41:00 PM

thats a really neat looking animal.

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Post by: cacciatore on November 07, 2010, 01:59:00 PM

It is a sweet animal!Never seen one before.

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Post by: Mudd on November 07, 2010, 02:06:00 PM

Thanks for posting the picture Paul.

We sure as heck don't have anything that comes close to looking like that in my neck of the woods.

God bless,Mudd

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Post by: Don Stokes on November 07, 2010, 04:01:00 PM

I understand that if you make tea from them, it's good for treating a cold. Or is that echinacea?

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Post by: Ragnarok Forge on November 07, 2010, 05:23:00 PM

Looks like a cross between an armadillo and a porcupine.  Cool looking little critter.

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Post by: Friend on November 08, 2010, 05:40:00 PM

I've seen pictures of them before.

This picture truely captures the uniqueness of this creature. It almost makes wonder if this animal is even real.

Thanks for sharing.

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Post by: DannyBows on November 08, 2010, 06:09:00 PM

That's a beautiful animal. Thanks for sharing.

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Post by: Stumpkiller on November 08, 2010, 09:57:00 PM

He's a cute little fellow.  Looks like he's concentrating.

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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on November 09, 2010, 06:19:00 AM

TTT for one of God's most interesting creatures...

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Post by: lpcjon2 on November 09, 2010, 06:53:00 AM

That is a really cool looking animal,what about those quills? It beats the opossum under my shed.   :laughing:    :laughing:

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Post by: limbolt on November 09, 2010, 08:21:00 AM

Cute little guy,very unique,thanks for sharing.

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Post by: wingnut on November 09, 2010, 08:23:00 AM

That is so cool!  Would love to see one in person some day.

Mike

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Post by: landman on November 09, 2010, 08:24:00 AM

Beautiful little guy.   Please don't use him for target practice.

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Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 09, 2010, 08:30:00 AM

Please ship some of them up here. We have an ant problem.