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Dirty Face Australian Echidna is a solitary animal that burrows. When it is attacked, the echidna will burrow into the ground or curl itself into a ball using its spines as a method of defence against the predator which this one had just been before uncurling to reveal a dirty covered face Animal,Australia,Geotagged,Marsupial,Monotreme,Short-beaked echidna,Tachyglossus aculeatus Click/tap to enlarge

Dirty Face

Australian Echidna is a solitary animal that burrows. When it is attacked, the echidna will burrow into the ground or curl itself into a ball using its spines as a method of defence against the predator which this one had just been before uncurling to reveal a dirty covered face

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Awesome. How difficult is it to spot one like this? Posted 11 years ago
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      RDodd
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      Hi,
      Thankyou, it was a fortunate opportunity, we were staying in a bush cabin and he was quite close to the cabin buried himself at first and then as we were quiet he uncurled.       Posted 11 years ago

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The Short-beaked echidna

The short-beaked echidna is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus "Tachyglossus". The short-beaked echidna is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue which it uses to catch its prey at a great speed.

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Similar species: Egg-laying Mammals
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Uploaded May 7, 2014. Captured Nov 25, 2008 16:54 in 3 Sapphire Coast Drive, Merimbula NSW 2548, Australia.
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