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Echidna # 1
Echidna # 1
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Collection: 2012 - a look back
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR
Location: Anglesea, Vic. Australia
Date: Dec 4, 2012
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 30, 2012

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Comments: 7
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Before seeing this one I could have counted the number of echidnas I have seen (alive and in the wild) on the fingers of one hand - to see one ambling across the beach in clear view was very exciting. As you can see from the sand, it was raining lightly.
A couple of weeks later I saw another one! But this time in more typical surroundings.

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01/07/2013 11:38:39 PM
Ha! From the thumb I'd never guess this was a critter!
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12/30/2012 07:41:07 PM
This guy looks like he means business!
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12/30/2012 11:00:20 AM
How cute! I've never seen one even in a zoo
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12/30/2012 10:53:18 AM
Terrific catch and capture - love the sand background! You don't even need a hand to count the ones I've seen in the wild - not sure I've even seen one in a zoo, but I'll pay more attention next time if I do.
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12/30/2012 09:16:34 AM
Killer textures in this shot!!
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12/30/2012 08:09:43 AM
Googled it--egg-laying mammal? cousin of the platypus? And best of all, a baby Echidna is called a puggle! Waugh! Kind of cute, though. Remarkable that you saw 2 in the wild. "D That rained-on sand is pretty wierd-looking also.

Message edited by author 2012-12-30 08:12:55.
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12/30/2012 06:50:54 AM
Amazing creature, well photographed. i've only seen them in zoos, which isn't the same. Very prehistoric looking.
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