Prickly mum - Short-beaked Echidna - Women's Crop Tee Bird Watching Shirt and organisations like Greening Australia

and organisations like Greening Australia support healthier landscapes for species like this

” blending multiple species’ calls into one flawless

catching bugs mid-flight with impressive precision

Males can have red

They’re highly social

Prickly mum - Short-beaked Echidna - Women's Crop Tee Bird Watching Shirt and organisations like Greening AustraliaThe short beaked echidna is one of Australias most unusual mums, raising her young in a way thats part reptile, part mammal, and entirely fascinating. After laying a single egg, she tucks it into a temporary pouch where it hatches into a tiny, jellybean sized puggle. She nurses it with milk (without nipples) before leaving it safely hidden in a burrow while she forages, returning every few days to feed it. Protecting intact bushland and safe nesting