My neighbours and I have been commenting on the recent resurgence in diggings in the garden. Well, the likely culprit has been spotted. I can’t believe my luck, as this is only the third time I’ve seen an echidna since I moved here a year ago, and this one was out in the open two days in a row. They’re not particularly fast moving, but they make it hard for you to capture anything other than their spines and read end. However, time spent admiring their stylish and symmetrical arrangement of spines is not wasted. No sooner is their snout out of the ground and it’s thrust back down for more grub. Short stout legs and shovel-like claws help anchor it to the ground as it performs a one-man rugby scrum, rotating and drilling its snout into the ground. Impressive little beast and seemingly oblivious to my presence with its single-minded focus on food.
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Always love it when we spot one on our travels. In Tassie we went to a place where you could pat them well touch very cute. Xx
Yes, they’re quite special. But even though they are around here, we don’t see them very often. I was getting a bit of background on them from the web and it said they have a 50km range. That’s quite something. no wonder they just keep on moving! xkx
Karen, that is great. We haven’t seen one around here for ages but Ray said he has seen where they have been. Hope you see more.
He/she seemed very happy for me to follow them around for a while. But it didn’t keep still. Quite a treat!
Some years ago our dogs used to bark lots at night time and we couldn’t work out why, but then we saw an echidna. Nice!
great to hear you have and have seen the little creatures….. sorry to have missed them… let’s hope JP gets a viewing.. xx
3 times in a year. You’ve gotta be lucky. Both times I was sitting at my desk and glanced down to the easement to see them wandering around as casual as you please. 🙂