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Echidna or Spiny Anteater

This little mammal paid us a visit. They lay a single egg which is deposited into a pouch. It hatches in 10 days, and the baby, about the size of a jellybean, is hairless. The mother has no nipples and milk for the baby exudes through pores in the mother's skin. The baby leaves the pouch at about 2 - 3 months when it grows spines, and is then kept in a burrow, where they continue to be fed until about 6 months old. Their diet is mainly ants and termites, but will eat grubs, larvae and worms.
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Echidna - probably a male going by its size, as it wandered through our yard.
Echidna - probably a male going by its size, as it wandered through our yard.
Male Echidna ourside our yard fence - digging himself in when aware of our presence - they're quite harmless.
Male Echidna ourside our yard fence - digging himself in when aware of our presence - they're quite harmless.
Echidna - only a youngster and quite harmless.
Echidna - only a youngster and quite harmless.
Echidna or Spiny anteater - it's caught my scent on the light breeze.
Echidna or Spiny anteater - it's caught my scent on the light breeze.
Echidna or Spiny Anteater - long claws for digging up ants.
Echidna or Spiny Anteater - long claws for digging up ants.
Echidna - doing his best to pretend he wasn't there.
Echidna - doing his best to pretend he wasn't there.
Echidna or Spiny ant eater, we moved it to a safer area after this photo shoot
Echidna or Spiny ant eater, we moved it to a safer area after this photo shoot
Echidna or spiny anteater in our yard
Echidna or spiny anteater in our yard
Echidna or Spiny Anteater, it can smell us but not see us
Echidna or Spiny Anteater, it can smell us but not see us
Echidna or Spiny anteater, heading towards my feet.
Echidna or Spiny anteater, heading towards my feet.
Echidna - Up close and personal.
Echidna - Up close and personal.
Echidna - I'm not sure about this.
Echidna - I'm not sure about this.
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