Isn't that a hedgehog?
Awesome. Thanks. I thought maybe hedgehogs were called possums over there or something. Looking into the echidna, they're also called anteaters and I thought it looked like one of them too. Sorry I didn't catch the sarcasm.Perhaps there's some superficial resemblance, but they're not at all related, it's not even a placental mammal. This is an Australian echidna (the OP was joking about it being a possum, although it's much more closely related to a possum than a hedgehog).
haha, anteaters are actually a completely separate animal. These guys are only found in AusAwesome. Thanks. I thought maybe hedgehogs were called possums over there or something. Looking into the echidna, they're also called anteaters and I thought it looked like one of them too. Sorry I didn't catch the sarcasm.
haha, anteaters are actually a completely separate animal. These guys are only found in Aus
That's amazing, what a weird creature.It's not a mammal but it is warm blooded, it lays eggs but keeps the baby in a pouch, it doesn't have nipples but feeds the baby with milk from it's hair. Talk about contradiction .
My eldest daughter with a young echidna named Spike.
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huh, the more you know.
That's like the best way to spend some time out bush, still bowhunt?Many years ago I was bow-hunting near Wyangala Dam and spotted 1 of these guys , I forgot about hunting and followed him for an hour
Thanks for the offer but I'm on the wrong side of 60 and full of arthritis, haven't pulled a bow in 20 years. I used to have a 50-70lb compound bow, fletched my own shafts and notched all my broadheads. Because I also did leatherwork I made my own glove,wristguard and quiverThat's like the best way to spend some time out bush, still bowhunt?
Send me a message if you ever want to hunt SE Qld
They’re also immune to ticks
In that they don’t affect them in any wayHi, "immune" to ticks in what sense, I`ve found them literally covered in them?
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