This is a regular view I have on a hot summers day from the kitchen window of what’s normally a bird bath. Echidnas are equally adapted for snow in winter too. They breed in winter so, at that time of year, they’re out and about on the lookout for a mate. Lovelorn male echidnas often queue up behind a female, nose to tail, up to ten echidnas long forming long trains ambling in a line through the bush. These trains are the first part of the strange echidna courtship and mark the begining of the breeding season.
I love this!!! wonderful capture, glorious creature, wonderful spiny anteater, these and Platypus are such fascinating creatures/ Glorious picture. hugsxxx
I think this is one of the most surreal captures of an echidna i have ever seen!! What a great shot! The info you have provided is amazing too. well done Ern!!
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I love this!!! wonderful capture, glorious creature, wonderful spiny anteater, these and Platypus are such fascinating creatures/ Glorious picture. hugsxxx
wonderful capture and it looks pretty comfy in that basin of water… they have such great faces and profiles
I think this is one of the most surreal captures of an echidna i have ever seen!! What a great shot! The info you have provided is amazing too. well done Ern!!
Another beautiful shot…. love the story about the echidna conga line… life’s tough for a prickly critter.
Amazing how the spikes are curving around the back, lovely photo.
poor fella
hillarious… total classic!
Wow what a cute moment to capture and must be so wonderful to see these guys in the wild. I’ve only ever seen one once in a zoo. Fantastic capture!