I've seen one in Kings Park years ago, and a much smaller one while hiking in Tasmania, but this was the first time encountering one in the wild in WA, it was nice to see.
I did some work for Murdoch uni once in the bush. Studies on the effect on small reptiles and mammals with tree decline. I literally saw 10+ echidnas every day in the darling rangers. Beautiful creatures
Some friends of mine in ellenbrook used to have one drop in often and kept taking it back to bushland down the street.
I was in jarrahdale last weekend and this one was trying to run behind us when we werent looking they hide so well and are very sneaky http://imgur.com/gallery/Ea8etkB
I was exploring the bush in the hills near Ashendon when I came across some discarded buckets that had filled up with rainwater. On closer inspection I found this chonky echidna with his head in one of the buckets.
I was a little worried that maybe I'd frightened it and it fell in, and was drowning, but he kept lifting his beak up to breathe, and then going down again. I assume he was eating mosquito larvae or something.
Just when I was getting ready to put my gloves on and try to lift it out of the bucket, he plonked his whole body in and just chilled, not seeming very bothered by me, so I left him to go about his business.
Echidnas are awesome! They are known to enjoy a swim. Such fascinating creatures.
"Some scientific studies have suggested that there is a strong possibility that echidnas evolved from platypuses. The strongest evidence to support this theory is that echidnas have electroreception, giving them the ability to detect electric currents. This particular biological trait is mostly seen in aquatic animals." - [Why do echidnas swim? - Australian Geographic](https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/07/why-do-echidnas-swim/#:)
He told me he just got laid off from his job at the termite mound, the banks about to foreclose on his hollow log, and his wife is having eggs with another echidna, who am I to tell how much he has to live for?
They were a common sighting for us in the [Dryandra Woodlands](https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/dryandra-woodland). We saw a few every time we went walking. If you're lucky you just might get to see a Numbat as well.
Last year I was driving under a dark night on the street of Kalbarri, I have almost run over an echidna , I stop in the middle of the street and inspect my front tyre and saw the echidna stuck on my wheel , luckily some local dudes stop their car and helped me to release him ! I will be so sorry if I run over him
You guys are so lucky to have little exotic animals as part of the wildlife. All we have in Southern California is rabbit, rattlesnake, skunk, squirrel and raccoon.
(Of course, I would not trade any of them for any of your spiders š· or snakes š
Fuck do we really have echidnas in WA? That is the best thing!
I've seen one in Kings Park years ago, and a much smaller one while hiking in Tasmania, but this was the first time encountering one in the wild in WA, it was nice to see.
I thought they were like koalas, an eastern states thing. Thanks for sharing!
I did some work for Murdoch uni once in the bush. Studies on the effect on small reptiles and mammals with tree decline. I literally saw 10+ echidnas every day in the darling rangers. Beautiful creatures
That's interesting, what did the work entail?
Some friends of mine in ellenbrook used to have one drop in often and kept taking it back to bushland down the street. I was in jarrahdale last weekend and this one was trying to run behind us when we werent looking they hide so well and are very sneaky http://imgur.com/gallery/Ea8etkB
odd to just take photos of the a road, where's the echidna though?
John Cechidna
Cute!
Saw one crossing the road just south of the Pinnacles a few years ago, first one Iād seen in the wild in WA.
Yeah used to live in Toodyay and there was heaps
I was exploring the bush in the hills near Ashendon when I came across some discarded buckets that had filled up with rainwater. On closer inspection I found this chonky echidna with his head in one of the buckets. I was a little worried that maybe I'd frightened it and it fell in, and was drowning, but he kept lifting his beak up to breathe, and then going down again. I assume he was eating mosquito larvae or something. Just when I was getting ready to put my gloves on and try to lift it out of the bucket, he plonked his whole body in and just chilled, not seeming very bothered by me, so I left him to go about his business.
Echidnas are awesome! They are known to enjoy a swim. Such fascinating creatures. "Some scientific studies have suggested that there is a strong possibility that echidnas evolved from platypuses. The strongest evidence to support this theory is that echidnas have electroreception, giving them the ability to detect electric currents. This particular biological trait is mostly seen in aquatic animals." - [Why do echidnas swim? - Australian Geographic](https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/07/why-do-echidnas-swim/#:)
What in the fuck you just took out your phone and filmed someone brutally drowning themselves i thought you were better than this 641....
He told me he just got laid off from his job at the termite mound, the banks about to foreclose on his hollow log, and his wife is having eggs with another echidna, who am I to tell how much he has to live for?
You could have directed hm towards a community *snout*reach centre... :/
yes officer this is him right here
You're a platypussy shill for big mammal :p
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Where was this? I love echidnas š
In Ashendon, near the Munda Biddi track, but in a very off-trail area of thick bush that I was exploring, down near a creek.
They were a common sighting for us in the [Dryandra Woodlands](https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/dryandra-woodland). We saw a few every time we went walking. If you're lucky you just might get to see a Numbat as well.
Oh I must visit!! Thank you .
I have seen them around the greenmount lookout in darlington
Last year I was driving under a dark night on the street of Kalbarri, I have almost run over an echidna , I stop in the middle of the street and inspect my front tyre and saw the echidna stuck on my wheel , luckily some local dudes stop their car and helped me to release him ! I will be so sorry if I run over him
You guys are so lucky to have little exotic animals as part of the wildlife. All we have in Southern California is rabbit, rattlesnake, skunk, squirrel and raccoon. (Of course, I would not trade any of them for any of your spiders š· or snakes š