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A short-billed echidna seen here in Sturt National Park in outback New South Wales. With no place to hide, it ignored me as I made the most of our chance encounter.
This little was trying too cross the road near Port Gregory W.A.We actually stopped the cars as to let it cross the road safely.Havn't seen one of these in years
...and pretty prickly.
I was following the call of a Spotted Pardalote when this Echidna emerged from a thicket and continued to move towards me. It came very close and when I decided to take a shot this is how much fitted into my frame.
This is the exit coming out of the 200m high and down to 1m wide chasm with its natural occurring prehistoric palms.
Taken by iphone and slid to even out the range of contrasting lighting. HSS
Echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes belonging to the family Tachyglossidae. The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus are the only living mammals that lay eggs and the only surviving members of the order Monotremata. Wikipedia.
Another wonderful Australian animal we saw at Featherdale Animal Park, Blacktown, NSW, Australia. Featherdale is not far from us and is well worth a visit if you are ever in Sydney.
Echidna
Image of an Echidna captured (rummaging in the yard of my parents place) using a Nikon D610 and Tamron 150-600mm. This Image was a three shot HDR (base image was 600mm, 1/250 sec, f/6.3, ISO 2500 and shot handheld). The HDR image was created in Aurora HDR before being finished off in Luminar AI (primarily using Accent AI, and Structure AI). I used Topaz Denoise AI to reduce the overall noise (as the ISO was bumped because I was shooting handheld) and Topaz Sharpen AI just to generally apply a sharpen to the image. Finally I finished off using Affinity Photo mainly to remove some distracting elements from the image using the cloning tool and the inpainting tool.
For those that are interested apparently the echidnas are named after Echidna who was a creature in Greek mythology who was half woman and half snake and was perceived to have qualities of both reptiles and mammals. They are from the Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Monotremata, Suborder: Tachyglossa and Family: Tachyglossidae. Genetic data (from the Molecular Clock) suggests that echidna's split from the platypuses between 19 and 48 million years ago.
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Tachyglossus aculeatus -
Short-beaked Echidna
Backyard,
Aldinga Beach
South Australia
I was at the computer in my back room yesterday afternoon about 4.00pm when this echidna came walking very fast past the full length windows. I grabbed the camera and went to investigate. By the time I found it it was half way down the side fence line and hightailing it right to the back. I found it near the rainwater tanks but it was on a mission. It dug under the gap in the back fence and was gone. The weather was very windy and cold and we were expecting a storm that night. I used to see echidnas here quite often a couple of decades ago but not since. We don't even see them very often anymore in Aldinga Conservation Park nearby. It was wonderful to have an echidna visiting again. I hope it found somewhere safe to bunker down for the night.
Murène étoilée
Snowflake morray eel
Cette murène doit regretter d'avoir essayé de s'en prendre à un vers de feu.
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This morray eel must regret having tried to pick on a bristle worm. (Thank you Dave for the correction)
This prickly little Echidna, would curl up and hide, whenever the Shutter actuated within my D3s. Though it was raining, it was too cute to pass up an opportunity to photograph.
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Tasmanian Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus). This subspecies tends to be slightly smaller than their more northern counterparts, and also have thick downy fur amongst their spines to deal with the much colder conditions.
Our resident echidna. These are three images of a lot taken. It is quite amazing watching an echidna forage for ants and other critters. I
This the Tasmanian variety of the echidna, which can be identified by the longer fur around the spines.
The cutest little fella waddling around in the tropical aviary, sticking his nose into every small pockmark in the concrete. None of my picutres of his face turned out as he never stayed still long enough.
Our resident echidna. These are three images of a lot taken. It is quite amazing watching an echidna forage for ants and other critters. I
The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of four living species of echidna. Echidnas are egg-laying mammals living in Australia (one species) and New Guinea (4 species). They occur in almost all Australian environments, from the snow-clad Australian Alps to the deep deserts of the Outback, essentially anywhere ants and termites are available. Echidnas have elongated and slender snouts that function as both mouth and nose, and which have electrosensors to find earthworms, termites, ants, and other burrowing prey. Echidnas and the platypus are the only surviving members of the order Monotremata, the only group of living mammals that lay eggs. Rather than through nipples, monotremes lactate from their mammary glands via openings in their skin. All five extant species show prolonged parental care of their young, with low rates of reproduction and relatively long life-spans. Echidnas are constantly probing the ground or rotting wood in search of food. Their eyesight is not good. This individual appeared to be totally unaware or unconcerned of my presence.
Echidnas have electrical sensors in their snout that pick up impulses from buried invertebrates. When they receive data, they use their snout and claws to dig holes to find their prey.
The last image from my second recent Echidna encounter in Woodlands, I like the implied motion in this one.
On Explore : Mar,9 2015 #41
While taking photos of corellas and galahs along the Murray River in Echuca, I turned around just in time to catch this little fellow at the waters edge getting a drink. As he made his way back to the bush I was able to take a few photos of him. On one occasion I got a bit to close and he curled up into a ball as he must have felt a bit threatened. I backed away and he went on his merry way again.