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Short-beaked Echidna

Short-beaked Echidna

Female echidnas lay one egg a year and the mating period is the only time the otherwise solitary animals meet one another; the male has no further contact with ...
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Female echidnas lay one egg a year and the mating period is the only time the otherwise solitary animals meet one another; the male has no further contact with the female or his offspring after mating. A newborn echidna is the size of a grape but grows rapidly on its mother's milk, which is very rich in nutrients. Baby echidnas eventually grow too large and spiky to stay in the pouch and, around seven weeks after hatching, are expelled from the pouch into the mother's burrow. At around six months of age, they leave the burrow and have no more contact with their mothers.
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SONY ILCE-1

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Aperture 63/10 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 200/1

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Australia

upload_date

May, 2023

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50

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Awards

Peer Award

Superb Composition

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