Tuesday, December 25, 2007

My first Aussie animal


I know it doesn't look like much, but this little guy climbing up the bank was my first Australian animal sighting. We spotted him in the road (in time to avoid smushing him) but were too excited to think of cameras until the last minute. This is an echidna, which, along with the platypus, is a monotreme (an egg-laying animal that suckles its young). Echidnas look a bit like porcupines with a long, anteater-like snout. And they waddle. In a very cute way.

(N.B.: I recommend clicking on the picture for a better view.)

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