Echidna

[piggy]

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.

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[Thumper Dunker]

Cute.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Nice, Paul. Thanks for sharing that.

[dirtguy]

Nice pic

[Jack Whitmire Jr]

What a snout  

[ChristopherO]

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

[YORNOC]

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

[straitera]

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

[StickBowManMI]

Cool looking animal. Thanks for sharing the picture.

[GWC]

thats a really neat looking animal.

[cacciatore]

It is a sweet animal!Never seen one before.

[Mudd]

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

[Don Stokes]

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

[Ragnarok Forge]

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

[Friend]

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.

[DannyBows]

That's a beautiful animal. Thanks for sharing.

[Stumpkiller]

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

[Benny Nganabbarru]

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

[lpcjon2]

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

[limbolt]

Cute little guy,very unique,thanks for sharing.