"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