cranky hedgehog 🦔 🏳️🌈 · @dhedgehog
116 followers · 2398 posts · Server sfba.social
Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
716 followers · 18375 posts · Server mstdn.io"Australia has just one species, the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), which roams virtually the entire continent. But it has five subspecies, which are often markedly different. Tasmanian echidnas are much hairier and Kangaroo Island echidnas join long mating trains.
Here are four things that make echidnas remarkable."
#australia #echidna #nature #biology
ScienceActually · @scienceactually
66 followers · 210 posts · Server sfba.social
Only two kinds of egg-laying mammals are left on the planet today—the duck-billed platypus and the echidna, or spiny anteater.
#science #sciencefacts #egglayingmammal #platypus #perrytheplatypus #echidna #anteater
#science #sciencefacts #egglayingmammal #platypus #perrytheplatypus #echidna #anteater
scandrof · @scandrof
331 followers · 6303 posts · Server aus.social"As the weather cools down, things heat up in the echidna world.
It's mating season — and the monotremes have a unique and lengthy courtship, a game of follow the leader that the "last man standing" wins.
"I call it echidna bachelorette," UNSW PhD candidate Georgia Badgery laughs." #Australia #echidna #monotreme #animals #nature #AnimalBehaviour #biology #mammals #EchidnaTrain
Echidna mating season begins with 'trains' of male suitors following females - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/echidna-mating-season-see-trains-return/102536740
#echidnatrain #australia #echidna #monotreme #animals #nature #animalbehaviour #biology #mammals
John McChesney-Young · @jmccyoung
518 followers · 4508 posts · Server mstdn.social@webuiltthiscity Saw and thought of you:
#MammalMonday #MarsupialMonday #MonotremeMonday mashup:
"Scene in #Tasmania, with Characteristic Mammalia": #Thylacines, #Bandicoots, #Wombats, and an #Echidna!
Pl.XI in Alfred Russel Wallace's The Geographical Distribution of Animals Vol. 1, 1876; illustration by Johann Baptist Zwecker.
https://archive.org/details/geographicaldist01wall2/page/n503/mode/1up
#biogeography #zoology #naturalhistoryart #sciart #bookart
https://historians.social/@art_history_animalia/110653225754500667
#bookart #sciart #naturalhistoryart #zoology #biogeography #echidna #Wombats #bandicoots #thylacines #tasmania #monotrememonday #marsupialmonday #MammalMonday
Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia
546 followers · 955 posts · Server historians.social
#MammalMonday #MarsupialMonday #MonotremeMonday mashup:
"Scene in #Tasmania, with Characteristic Mammalia": #Thylacines, #Bandicoots, #Wombats, & an #Echidna!
Pl.XI in Alfred Russel Wallace's The Geographical Distribution of Animals Vol. 1, 1876; illustration by Johann Baptist Zwecker.
https://archive.org/details/geographicaldist01wall2/page/n503/mode/1up
#mammalmonday #marsupialmonday #monotrememonday #tasmania #thylacines #bandicoots #wombats #echidna #biogeography #zoology #naturalhistoryart #sciart #bookart
scandrof · @scandrof
304 followers · 5488 posts · Server aus.social
"You’re a mammal. So is a kangaroo. We’ve got much in common. But one of the most interesting is we all feed our newborns with milk. The word mammal comes from mamma, which is Latin for breast.
In Australia, we have many placental mammal species, like bats and native rodents. Humans are placental mammals too. But our country is far better known for our marsupials and monotremes, which have different reproductive strategies to placental mammals.
Monotremes are the only mammals to lay eggs. When an echidna egg hatches, the baby is very underdeveloped. Marsupials, too, give birth to underdeveloped young. When a wallaby gives birth to a tiny pink joey, it’s the equivalent to us giving birth to an eight week old foetus. Most of their development happens outside the womb or egg." #science #nature #mammal #animals #monotreme #marsupial #echidna #biology #reproduction #Australia
Wallaby joeys and platypus puggles are tiny and undeveloped when born. But their mother's milk is near-magical https://theconversation.com/wallaby-joeys-and-platypus-puggles-are-tiny-and-undeveloped-when-born-but-their-mothers-milk-is-near-magical-207726
#science #nature #mammal #animals #monotreme #marsupial #echidna #biology #reproduction #australia
NonXMP · @steveirons
505 followers · 897 posts · Server mas.to
#FionaKatauskas
@FionaKatauskas Identity Politics- my #cartoon for today's #Echidna #alttext
#alttext #echidna #cartoon #fionakatauskas
Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia
453 followers · 875 posts · Server historians.socialFor #MonotremeMonday: fully updated #monotremes image bank with several new images added of #platypus & #echidna historical #sciart:
https://arthistoryanimalia.com/monotremes-platypus-echidna-historical-sciart-image-bank/
#monotrememonday #monotremes #platypus #echidna #sciart
Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia
428 followers · 874 posts · Server historians.social
#MonotremeMonday:
Plate LXIV Monotremata
Johnson’s Household Book of Nature, 1880
“Porcupine Anteater” = #Echidna & “Duck Mole” = #Platypus
via BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122829#page/1036/mode/1up
#monotrememonday #echidna #platypus
The Dinosaur Dave · @TheDinosaurDave
688 followers · 1096 posts · Server sauropods.win
#Lego #Dinosaur #extinct #animals builds at #Brickresales #Brisbane
All my designs
#kronosaurus #platypterygius #muttaburrasaurus #australotitan #wintonotitan #thapunngaka #mythunga #ferrodraco #kunburrasaurus #minmi #leaellynasaura #procoptodon #diprotodon #kangaroo #echidna #platypus #goanna #magpie #rainbow #lorikeet #kookaburra #tasmaniandevil #koala #wombat #wedgetailedeagle
#lego #dinosaur #extinct #animals #brickresales #brisbane #kronosaurus #platypterygius #muttaburrasaurus #australotitan #wintonotitan #thapunngaka #mythunga #ferrodraco #kunburrasaurus #minmi #leaellynasaura #procoptodon #diprotodon #kangaroo #echidna #platypus #goanna #magpie #rainbow #Lorikeet #kookaburra #tasmaniandevil #koala #wombat #wedgetailedeagle
Molecular Biology & Evolution · @molbioevol
276 followers · 168 posts · Server ecoevo.social
Dynamic Evolution of Retroviral Envelope Genes in Egg-Laying Mammalian Genomes https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad090 Photo: Takashi Hayakawa #science #evolution #biology #genome #SciComm #evolgen_paper #monotreme #echidna
#science #Evolution #biology #genome #scicomm #evolgen_paper #monotreme #echidna
Censura Chan · @Censurachan
41 followers · 70 posts · Server pawoo.net
LOLIS IN DANGER (READ BELOW) | Censura Chan #pixiv https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/108137988 #rezero #typhon #Rem #Ram #Petraleyte #Meili #Elsa #Emilia #Beatrice #Echidna #Shaula #Pristilla #felt #Minerva #typhon #pandora #Reゼロから始める異世界生活 #リゼロ #ベアトリスリゼロ
#ベアトリスリゼロ #リゼロ #reゼロから始める異世界生活 #pandora #minerva #felt #Pristilla #shaula #echidna #beatrice #emilia #elsa #meili #PetraLeyte #ram #rem #typhon #rezero #pixiv
scandrof · @scandrof
232 followers · 3532 posts · Server aus.social
A rare albino echidna has been spotted in central west NSW.
The echidna, christened “Raffie,” was seen wandering around by a staff member of Bathurst regional council.
The council has released pictures of the rare mammal it says “is just too beautiful not to share” but is warning locals to be considerate:
"If you see Raffie out, please feel free to take a couple of snaps but do not approach, touch, or try and contain him. It is important to leave wildlife alone, as you could risk them losing their scent trail or leaving young unattended in the burrow. Of course, if you spot any injured wildlife, please contact WIRES." #animals #nature #wildlife #echidna #monotreme #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Australia
#animals #nature #wildlife #echidna #monotreme #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #australia
tstarr65 · @tstarr65
142 followers · 1252 posts · Server aus.social
Jump up sunset and some of the locals. Near Winton Queensland Australia. #naturephotography #landscapephography #Winton #Queensland #australia #echidna
#naturephotography #landscapephography #winton #queensland #australia #echidna
Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia
304 followers · 659 posts · Server historians.social
Happy #Easter to those who celebrate, from the REAL egg-laying #mammals, the #monotremes 😎
Plate LXIV Monotremata from Johnson’s Household Book of Nature, 1880, via
@BioDivLibrary: biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122829#pa…
#easter #mammals #monotremes #platypus #echidna #sciart #naturalhistoryart
James Stanford 🇭🇲 🛴 🖖 · @itslifejimbutnotasweknowit
31 followers · 412 posts · Server mastodon.au#echidna foraging around Fair Haven campground, French Island, #Victoria , #Australia .
#australianfauna #australiananimals #frenchisland #campground
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqXFZpevY9h/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
#echidna #victoria #australia #australianfauna #australiananimals #frenchisland #campground
VRValicento · @VRValicento
42 followers · 3744 posts · Server romancelandia.clubRT @brookfield_zoo
Quill you believe it — our baby echidna is celebrating #TongueOutTuesday!
Short beaked echidnas are toothless mammals, but that doesn't stop them from enjoying tasty treats. Instead of chewing, they use their long, sticky tongues for catching and mashing their food!
Amelia Hanslow · @ameliahanslow
259 followers · 341 posts · Server aus.social
That face. Those paws.
#echidna #tasmania #tasmanianwildlife #ejking #photogaphs #photography #QVMag #launceston
#echidna #tasmania #tasmanianwildlife #ejking #photogaphs #photography #qvmag #launceston
Jamie · @scibidoo
312 followers · 838 posts · Server aus.social
Enjoying a couple of days at Onkaparinga National Park, Kaurna pangkara country is beautiful. Spectacular walking spots and friends locals. #RoadTrip #KaurnaPangkaraCountry #Echidna #Macropods
#roadtrip #kaurnapangkaracountry #echidna #macropods