Monotremes do not have nipples. Milk oozes from their skin, which the puggles lap up. There are four species of echinda: the short-beaked echidna, the western long-beaked echidna, eastern long-beaked echidna, and Sir David's long-beaked echidna.
A critically endangered long-beaked echidna. These odd mammals have a four-headed penis and are known as monotremes, meaning they lay eggs rather than give birth. Their strange combination of traits may hint at early mammal evolution from reptiles. Habitat loss remains one of their primary threats.
🔥 Long-beaked echidnas have a four-headed penis (don't Google it, I'm warning you), secrete milk from their skin and lay eggs, whilst having the reptilian trait of a cloaca, an 'everything hole'.
Long beaked echidnas are the largest egg-laying mammals, growing up to 36 lbs. Using their long sensitive snouts covered in electroreceptive cells, they hunt for worms in the rainforests of New Guinea, snagging them with their long barbed tongues.
This is a long-beaked echidna, a critically endangered mammal known as a monotreme. This means they have the reptilian-like trait of a cloaca, an 'everything hole' for pee, poop and mating. Males have a four-headed penis (don't Google it!), females lay eggs and secrete milk through their skin.
TIL that long-beaked echidnas have four-headed penises and are known as monotremes, meaning egg laying mammals. This perhaps hints at early mammalian evolution from reptiles. These guys are sadly critically endangered owing to habitat loss! wawa.org.uk/long-beaked-e…
Introducing the critically endangered long-beaked echidna! An egg-laying mammal that has no nipples, instead secreting milk through its skin. It has a four-headed penis and a cloaca, meaning a pee, poop and breeding hole! Fundraiser info below
Sandslash was likely inspired by echidnas and pangolins. These are the long-beaked echidna and sunda pangolin whose real abilities include being an egg-laying mammal and secreting milk through their skin; and for pangolins - rolling into impenetrable armoured balls.
Hello pangolin lovers! We are WAWA Conservation and we wanted to announce that our newest campaign is focused on the sunda pangolin, as well as the long-beaked echidna, both critically endangered and wonderful species. Fundraising link below :)
The Pokémon Sandslash was likely inspired by echidnas and pangolins. These are the long-beaked echidna and sunda pangolin. Echidna abilities include being an egg-laying mammal and secreting milk through their skin, and for pangolins, rolling into impenetrable armoured balls
Hello everyone, we are WAWA Conservation, a charity that aims to protect weird and wonderful animals! We have launched a new campaign that is raising funds for the long-beaked echidna, a critically endangered four penis-ed, nipple-less, spiny mammal that sweats milk and lays eggs. Link below :)
Papua New Guineans, we want to help protect your long-beaked echidnas! Your four penis-ed, nipple-less, spiny mammals that sweat milk and lay eggs are one of the coolest animals in the world and we have just launched our newest fundraiser to fund their conservation
The Pokémon Sandslash was likely inspired by echidnas and pangolins. These are the long-beaked echidna and sunda pangolin. Echidna abilities include being an egg-laying mammal and secreting milk through their skin, and for pangolins, rolling into impenetrable armoured balls
Want to help protect four-penised, nipple-less spiny mammals that sweat milk and lay eggs, as well as armour-plated, noxious-chemical spraying insectivores curl into impenetrable balls? WAWA Conservation are fundraising for the long-beaked echidna and sunda pangolin: https://bit.ly/WAWA_Donate
Scientific Paper detailing possible occurrence of Papuan long-beaked echidna in australia
A 1901 skin rediscovered in a museum collection in 2009 might suggest the presence of the western long-beaked echidna in Kimberley, Australia dx.doi.org/10.3897%2Fzook…
Coul Zaglossi (long beaked echidnas) use their electroreception to take the mole niche?
I've been thinking about monotreme diversity for a long time now, and when I saw an echidna puggle, the second thing I thought was "this could be a mole".
Since zaglossi have more electroreceptors than echidnas, I decided to use them as a base, so they have bigger advantage when blindly looking for food. Then I thought "would electroreception work in a mole's environment?", So, yeah, that's my question.
🔥 The critically endangered western long-beaked echidna. One of five extant species in the order of monotremes (4 species of echidna and the platypus), highly specialized egg-laying mammals.
The long-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus bruijni), one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile. Thought extinct, it was rediscovered recently on the Cyclops Mountains of Papua New Guinea. As a monotreme, only one orifice is used for waste removal, mating and egg laying.
🔥 The long-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus bruijni), one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile. Thought extinct, it was rediscovered recently on the Cyclops Mountains of Papua New Guinea. As a monotreme, only one orifice is used for waste removal, mating and egg laying.
The long-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus bruijni), one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile. Thought extinct, it was rediscovered recently on the Cyclops Mountains of Papua New Guinea. As a monotreme, only one orifice is used for waste removal, mating and egg laying.
TIL the long-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus bruijni), one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile. Thought extinct, it was rediscovered recently on the Cyclops Mountains of Papua New Guinea. As a monotreme, only one orifice is used for waste removal, mating and egglaying. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon…
The long-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus bruijni), one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile. Thought extinct, it was rediscovered recently on the Cyclops Mountains of Papua New Guinea. As a monotreme, only one orifice is used for waste removal, mating and egg laying.
The long-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus bruijni), one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile. Thought extinct, it was rediscovered recently on the Cyclops Mountains of Papua New Guinea. As a monotreme, only one orifice is used for waste removal, mating and egg laying.
The long-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus bruijni), one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile. Thought extinct, it was rediscovered recently on the Cyclops Mountains of Papua New Guinea. As a monotreme, only one orifice is used for waste removal, mating and egg laying.
TIL that many animals and plants (living as well as extinct) have been named after Sir David Attenborough including a goblin spider, a Tasmanian snail, an extinct marsupial, a long-beaked echidna, a rare butterfly, a flightless weevil, a ghost shrimp, a pitcher plant and an extinct armored fish. atlasobscura.com/articles…
The long-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus bruijni), one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile. Thought extinct, it was rediscovered recently on the Cyclops Mountains of Papua New Guinea. As a monotreme, only one orifice is used for waste removal, mating and egg laying.
The long-beaked echidna, one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile.
The long-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus bruijni), one of the most primitive mammals on the planet, lays eggs like a reptile. Thought extinct, it was rediscovered recently on the Cyclops Mountains of Papua New Guinea. As a monotreme, only one orifice is used for waste removal, mating and egg laying.
The Ambum stone [Pre-historic zoomorphic figure, possibly representing the embryo of a long-beaked echidna] Ambum Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 3500 years ago [479x600]
Short-beaked echidnas are from Australia…
Imagine Knuckles with an Australian accent…
Sir David's long-beaked echidna was named in honor of Sir David Attenborough, the eminent naturalist. One of 3 species within the Genus Zaglossus, this critter is listed as critically endangered.
Sir David's long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) is rarely seen and is considered critically endangered.
Now for Something a Little Different - A Long Beaked Echidna
What's not to love about the long-beaked echidna? nytimes.com/2009/06/09/sc…
Research on how short-beaked echidnas can improve soil health suggests that simulating this activity could rehabilitate dry, arid areas and actually tackle climate change by trapping more carbon in the soil. theconversation.com/dig-t…
the long-beaked echidna of Papua New Guinea, locally known as the dickhead news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/s…
In Tasmania there is a short-beaked Echidna subspecies (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) with a particularly furry coat to survive the cold.
🔥 There is a short-beaked Echidna subspecies (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) with a particularly furry coat to survive the Tasmanian cold 🔥
