We’re crowning echidna babies with the honour of having the cutest name ever: puggles 🥺 An echidna only lays one egg at a time. When hatched, the little baby puggle feeds on milk secreted from patches in their mother’s pouch. Turns out echidnas are absolutely adorable at any age! 📺: Australian Geographic Extraordinary Animals is now airing on NITV on Sunday nights at 7.30pm. Episodes are available to stream for free on SBS On Demand at https://ausgeo.co/extraordinaryanimals #ausgeo #extraordin

8.7K views · 501 reactions | Raising a puggle (baby echidna 璉) is not...

Look out! Echidna love train coming through! ❤️🚂 Mating season is well underway and the males are already putting in the hard work over at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary. 🦔🦔🦔 Echidna courtship is a story of determination and commitment. Unlike other animals, which use pretty colours or dances to attract their mates, male echidnas form an orderly line behind a female echidna in hope to be the last one standing. Did you know that these trains can get to 10 echidnas long? 🔗 We explain the s

All aboard the echidna train! Did you know that during breeding season one female leads a train of male echidnas trying to compete with each other to be the one that mates with her?! They can last for several weeks until one becomes the last follower. What a special thing to see in the wild! CREDIT: ABC News | Tim Faulkner

Echidna feeding time! Just look at that tongue 😛 Did you know that an echidna's tongue can reach up to 18cm when it's feeding? That's nearly half their body length! | Symbio Wildlife Park

19K views · 521 reactions | Meet Matilda, the first-known echidna in the world that's allergic to ants! They make her eyes puffy and inflamed. Instead, she eats a diet of specially made meat paste. Filmed by Healesville Animal Sanctuary in Victoria | ABC Australia | Facebook