1.2M views · 1.9K reactions | Mother Echidna Protects It's Babies From Deadly Southern Cassowary! #wildlife #rescue #animals | Vu Visuals | Facebook

We’re crowning echidna babies with the honour of having the cutest name ever: puggles 🥺 An echidna only lays one egg at a time. When hatched, the little baby puggle feeds on milk secreted from patches in their mother’s pouch. Turns out echidnas are absolutely adorable at any age! 📺: Australian Geographic Extraordinary Animals is now airing on NITV on Sunday nights at 7.30pm. Episodes are available to stream for free on SBS On Demand at https://ausgeo.co/extraordinaryanimals #ausgeo #extraordin

It's "echidna courtship" season at Healesville Sanctuary so here's 60 seconds of echidnas doing it like they do on the discovery channel. You are welcome. Visual description: an echidna emerges from a burrow and waddles away. A second echidna joins it then two others. A Zoo Keeper explains that echidna courtship is quirky while echidnas waddle around following each other. | Zoos Victoria

19K views · 522 reactions | Meet Matilda, the first-known echidna in the world that's allergic to ants! They make her eyes puffy and inflamed. Instead, she eats a diet of specially made meat paste. Filmed by Healesville Animal Sanctuary in Victoria | ABC Australia | Facebook