The daily life of the enigmatic echidna just got a little more clear. Thanks to GPS technology, we know these egg-laying, spiny weirdos also move a colossal amount of Australian dirt around.
MUSIC: ‘Intruder’ by Jahzzar
VIDEO CLIPS:
Short-Beaked Echidna (Spiny Ant-Eater)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDQeDif09Qs
Echidna | Worlds Weirdest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHjdIXN9v2g
Prickly Love: Echidnas Caught Mating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frZGhk0i228
Echidna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITq5xtBqtk8
Super cute Echidna!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmAzHXyXhU
The echidna (or spiny ant-eater) (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LCkG5fc06Q
Building Olympic-Sized Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia7uH7i4vMU
Campo tests out Australia Zoos echidna encounter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSs55QwqXuA
Echidnas give new diet the ‘lick’ of approval
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZo6LALwHvU
RELATED LINKS:
Study: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/219/20/3271.abstract
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals
http://www.stufftoblowyourmind.com/blogs/monster-of-the-week-the-brainiac.htm
https://theconversation.com/the-secret-life-of-echidnas-reveals-a-world-class-digger-vital-to-our-ecosystems-67298
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/tcob-bee101316.phphttp://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Animals/Archives/2003/The-Enigma-of-the-Echidna.aspx
https://www.wired.com/2014/07/the-creature-feature-10-fun-facts-about-the-echidna/
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/06/01/2688596.htm
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