Echinda's are seriously cool aren't they?
Funky spines...
Egg-laying...
One of only two species of monotreme worldwide (the other being the platypus)...
Baby echindna's are called puggles (cute hey?)...
Puggles hatch and live in their Mum's rearward-facing pouch (so bub doesn't get smothered by dirt when Mum's burrowing) until they get too spiky at around 6 months old...
And they're found only in Australia.
They're pretty reclusive little critters so we were pretty chuffed to have this one visit us!
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