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 A short-beaked echidna walking across dry, pale grass, shown in side view with spines visible and a blurred beige background.
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@crimsonbutterfly
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Seeing Australia's two egg-laying mammals in the wild in one day is a badge of honour!

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8/2/26, 11:31 PM
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@huwr@aus.social

@crimsonbutterfly I saw one once while out walking and it panicked and went to ground. I stood still watching it for a while until it calmed down, came up and poked me in the shoe with its nose then shuttled away

29 days ago
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@david@theblower.au

@crimsonbutterfly or if you visit Tasmania, just a regular day ;-)

(Ok so you have to actually look for a platypus, but in the 3 weeks we were in Tassie, we didn’t see an echidna maybe 4 of those days).

29 days ago
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@blurk@mastodon.sdf.org

@david @crimsonbutterfly That was my experience when visiting Tassie. It got to the point where we’d stop in places and I’d try to be the first to spot one.

28 days ago