Friday, April 20, 2012

A Visit to NSW Central Tablelands III - Saving an Echidna

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"Echidnas, also known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in 
the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals.  There are four extant species, 
which, together with the platypus, are the only surviving members of that order 
and are the only extant mammals that lay eggs.  Although their diet consists 
largely of ants and termites, they are no more closely related to the true 
anteaters of the Americas than to any other placental mammal.  They live in 
Australia and New Guinea. The echidnas are named after a monster in ancient 
Greek mythology."

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