Photo Fun Contest - Week 22 – “Wild Animals” Photography - Echidna
Photo Fun Contest - “Wild Animals”
Echidna
Blink and you could miss him, lucky both myself and my hubby have a great eye for finding wildlife.
This beauty was caught between my Uncle's and Mum's house in the Snowy Mountains just before my mum's 50th birthday event. Can you see him? Or her? It is very difficult to know the sex of an echidna as their genitals are internal.
Weird Fact: Male echidna's have a four-pronged penis head, no I am not joking...
Me Fact: Echidna's were my first ever favourite animal, I would like to say because they are awesome as they are but it was because it started with an 'E' which happened to be the first letter in my name Erin. I was five so don't hold my shallowness against me. lol...
Echidna's are a walking contradiction and are one of two mammals that lay eggs to birth their young, can you tell me the other one? It's also from Australia and is a bit confused.
Food Fact: They only eat termites, ants and other similar bugs and have no teeth to do so.
Some monochrome just because it looks cool and to highlight some of that dirt. Echidna's hibernate in burrows for months during the colder months and will become nocturnal in the summer months when it gets too hot.
Creepy Fact: Sometimes a female echidna can wake up pregnant after hibernation as a male has snuck down into her burrow while she slept and impregnated her...
Did you know that an echidna has a pouch like a kangaroo and their eggs after laid are put into the pouch to hatch, the young called a puggle then continues to grow in the pouch until it's spine hardens.
Odd Fact: Not only do echidna's have great hearing they can sense vibrations through there nose. They hear through slits behind their eyes.
The lifespan of these magnificent animals is approx 50 years in captivity, in the wild, they can only take a guess at 45. A healthy age in comparison to man's best friend which are lucky to get 15 years.
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I like the designation of "Creepy Fact."
@enchantedspirit haha, I know it was better than calling it a Rapey Fact haha. Which is what first came to mind, made me rethink my choice for my childhood favourite animal for a second.
They are like porcupines but cuter lol :D
They are similar but I believe that echidna's are the only one to lay eggs. They are super cute but spiky lol. When they are babies they are adorable. There have even been a few known albino ones, so pure white.
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Hahah so round and cute, and I actually didn't spot Echidna in that first photo. I Loled at the creepy fact... like wut... Thanks for this lovely writeup. I always think animals like these, the hedgehog are all so adorable. Haha
haha, I was also WTF at the creepy, that was one I didn't know before doing the research lol.. They are so cute, when they are puggles they are adorable, I have never seen a baby in real life only one TV but I would love too.
Odd. The name itself sounds like a spider or a flower to me, I've never heard of it. Especially that first picture (spiky flower haha).
Well hello there, walking contradiction.
Oh. and platypus came to mind in egg laying folk. (googled to confirm but I thought of it before, I swear!)
Haha, all good even if you googled it lol. It is a platypus, we have some odd creatures in Australia but all animals are beautiful and interesting in their own right. I never thought to think what an "Echidna" could be outside an animal but thinking about it now a flower or spider could make sense. They are so easy to miss in the wild as they blend very well.
Echidna look very cute @insideoutlet. 😊
Is the other egg laying animal the platypus?
Yep sure is! I have never seen a platypus in the wild but would like too.
Echidna! The body of this wildlife is so spiky. Thanks for telling us more about Echidna.
Beautiful photography!
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Super spikey fellows, thanks for stopping by from #steemitbloggers. They are very interesting.
Wow! They look so weird, I haven't ever heard about them. Really interesting post.
Thanks for sharing!
Haha, yes weird is one way of describing them. It's interesting finding new animals from different countries. I was fascinated by the squirrels in the US and I'm sure the locals thought we were a little crazy getting photos of them but they were new to us.
Hahaha that's an amazing mental image.
haha it was funny to others, have a great day!
Great post. I loved the combination of facts and personal touches. And I don't think you are shallow for liking an animal that starts with E.
Maybe I should have picked some of the following as a child:
Am I close, lol... The Nighthawk would have been a killer nickname haha. Thanks for stopping by and helping my inner child accept itself :D
Wow, you got him (her)! I've never managed to see one in the wild. Over here, I know there are hedgehogs lurking around our garden, but I haven't managed to see a live one yet...
This is not the first one I have seen in the wild, out near my parents place they have heaps of them and I have made them stop on the side of the road more than once when travelling between towns to check them out, we happened to have the good camera on us this day so that was a win. I do love them, I had a friend that actually sat on one thinking it was the end of the log when I was about 9, I laughed very hard, she was a city girl so had no clue. haha.. It aren't all that spiky unless you land the wrong way.. haha.