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Echidna!
#1

There was one in the yard, look! Its head is underground.

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#2

Wow! lucky find and great shot Smile

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Pat
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#3

You can thank Missy (my dog) for the find, lol.

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#4

What is that ? is it a hedgehog ? or like a porkypine ? Cool looking animal ....


..... Shawn

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#5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna

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#6

Thanks for that Rabid ,
I guess i was just to lazy to look it up . I have never heard of one of these . Very cool that you caught one on " film " .

.... Shawn

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#7

No wonder he was buried with the dog sniffing aroundSmile

Canon stuff.
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#8

Wow thats one cool looking mammal (yea i learned that fancy word from wikpedia...Big Grin)

Does the the spike lose if you touch them ? Does it hurt ? have you ever tried ? Cool

/Paul L.

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#9

I love echidnas!

So long as you stroke with the grain it doesn't hurt to touch them and the spines don't come off.
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#10

and they're actually monotremes, which are mammals that lay eggs.

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#11

I like your processing in these, RB. Well done.

[edit] err... I mean RP...
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