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The echidnas are very busy at the moment. I saw three yesterday and two today. Some are quite timid and curl up every time the camera's shutter goes off and others don't care at all.

#Echidna #Wildlife #TasmanianForest #Tasmania #Monotreme
Photo of an echidna with its head down, searching for ants, while walking from left to right in front of a pond. Its black-tipped cream spines poke through in coarse brown fur. It has a very small dark eye and long nose that is wet at the end. Long claws protrude from its backward-facing back feet.
Closeup ohoto of an echidna's spines, which are cream-coloured, fading to black at the ends. When threatened echidnas don't attack but, instead, they quickly roll up and dig their legs into the ground, protected all over by the sharp spines. If you touch the echidna its whole body jerks and it stabs you in the finger. Guess how I know?
Photo of an echidna walking from right to left on grassy paving outside my kitchen. One front leg is up showing long fingernails, although not as long as the back claws shown in the other photo. This ones beak is held up as it isn't looking for food and is on its way somewhere.
#WildLife #tasmania #echidna #tasmanianforest #monotreme

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