http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacocanker/tags/echidna/ Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:44:14 -0800 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:44:14 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm1.staticflickr.com/67/buddyicons/45816263@N00.jpg?1252787988#45816263@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacocanker/tags/echidna/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacocanker/322867196/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pacocanker/">Sir Francis Canker Photography ©</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacocanker/322867196/" title="Echidna in Tasmania (if you like me, fave me! ;-)"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/136/322867196_be80291536_m.jpg" width="240" height="190" alt="Echidna in Tasmania (if you like me, fave me! ;-)" /></a></p> <p><b>EXPLORE HIGHEST SCORE: 92<b><br /> </b></b><br /> (187.05@7108) - Nice and friendly Echidna<br /> <br /> Australias’ short beaked Echidna — or spiny anteater — feeds on ants and termites, pulling a nest apart with strong clawed forearms, then inserting its long snout and sticky tongue.<br /> <br /> Echidnas are found all over Australia and are the only known relative of the Platypus; they are both monotremes, the only ones. In cold areas echidnas may hibernate in winter.<br /> <br /> A frightened Echidna will dig rapidly down into soft ground, leaving only the tips of its spines visible.<br /> <br /> The single young one hatches from an egg and is carried in the mother’s pouch until its spines begin to grow.<br /> <br /> After that the mother leaves it in a den and visits every few days to feed it milk. A baby Echidna is called a Puggle.</p> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:44:14 -0800 2006-10-27T11:18:48-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sir Francis Canker Photography ©) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/322867196 -41.116607 146.749877 -41.116607 146.749877 2344704 Echidna in Tasmania (if you like me, fave me! ;-) <p><b>EXPLORE HIGHEST SCORE: 92<b><br /> </b></b><br /> (187.05@7108) - Nice and friendly Echidna<br /> <br /> Australias’ short beaked Echidna — or spiny anteater — feeds on ants and termites, pulling a nest apart with strong clawed forearms, then inserting its long snout and sticky tongue.<br /> <br /> Echidnas are found all over Australia and are the only known relative of the Platypus; they are both monotremes, the only ones. In cold areas echidnas may hibernate in winter.<br /> <br /> A frightened Echidna will dig rapidly down into soft ground, leaving only the tips of its spines visible.<br /> <br /> The single young one hatches from an egg and is carried in the mother’s pouch until its spines begin to grow.<br /> <br /> After that the mother leaves it in a den and visits every few days to feed it milk. A baby Echidna is called a Puggle.</p> Sir Francis Canker Photography © beauty animal animals swansea point interestingness nice interesting oz wildlife australia landmark icon special particular pouch tasmania hedgehog aussie tasman tassie animaux marsupial dieren rare animali animale icono erizo spiny downunder tier simpatico echidna raro monotreme puggle lucena riccio extraño animalito arenzano naturesfinest beautypoint bicheno ouback brusasco ured erisson underdownunder sirfranciscankerjones pacocabezalopez