Tachyglossus aculeatus
2 Short-beaked Echidna at Isaacs, ACT
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| Tachyglossus aculeatus | MichaelBedingfield | 20 May 2020 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | roymcd | 20 May 2020 |
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This was quite unusual and I'm not sure what was going on. The echidna was happily feeding, but after a while it paused and appeared to rest its beak on a rock (photo 2). It then raised its beak in the air, maybe to sniff my scent, but its eyes were closed, and it held the position for a short yet reasonable length of time. It then repeated the process.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.119593-35.360381
- Maps Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Isaacs, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Apr 2020 05:13 PM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
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Species information
- Tachyglossus aculeatus Scientific name
- Short-beaked Echidna Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1888.33m Recorded at altitude
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