It's hard to believe that the closest living relative of the echidna is the platypus! 😄

#TravelAddicts #Monotreme

The world is a bit dark right now. But every time i see this little one and slow down to watch it just do #echidna things...life is better.

#Monotreme #mindfulness #aussiestyle

three pictures of an echidna emerging from the garden

late afternoon visitor
#monotreme

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#indieshow #indieanimation
#3danimator #3danimation #speculativeevolution #monotreme #ageofmonotremes

Boondaburra
This is not a Reptilian Dragon, this is a Mammal that has convergently evolved into a dragon. Not only is this a Mammal, it's a Monotreme! THIS IS A PLATYPUS DRAGON!

#Dragon #Soaring #Southern #Mammal #Monotreme #Platypus #Aquatic #Magic

A detailed pencil sketch of an echidna is portrayed with prominent spines radiating outward. The drawing emphasizes texture and realism.

Day's greetings.

No new drawing, but one from 18 months ago. Excuse the photo quality.

A little echidna.

May your day be natural 🖤

#art #drawing #pencildrawing #nature #echidna #animals #monotreme

Mammal Monday.
This echidna was snapped by a trail camera at Yellabinna. Echidnas are found throughout Australia, from the snowy high country to the desert – anywhere that ants and termites occur. 
#wildoz #monotreme

#aliens #Scifi #AVN #visual-novel #sci-fi #haremgame #harem #science #monotreme #platypus #echidna #reproduction The Neruonauts . Download links in video description. Completely Free to play youtu.be/X_nuXwz0nww

Extraordinary

#monotreme

Echidna on rough, rocky ground, with brambles in background

Closeup of echidna. Notice that their back feet appear to face backwards? That's to help with digging.

Front view of echidna showing how high up off the ground they can get while walking. Their tongue shoots out the beak to lick up ants.

While out bushwalking I spotted several echidnas all within about 1km of track. While not an echidna "train", I suspect one had or was about to occur. I've not seen so many in close proximity before.

#wildlife #nature #echidna #monotreme

Platypus – The only mammal in the world whose milk is secreted through its pores to save humans from deadly bacteria.
full video :- rb.gy/nazgrr
#Platypus #NatureFacts #WildlifeWonder #AnimalFacts #Monotreme #UniqueAnimals #MilkOfLife #Antimicrobial #ScienceFacts #NatureLovers #AnimalKingdom #WWE

Echidna walking straight toward the camera on lush green pasture.

And some #monotreme action in the paddock.

#Polarnoids №268 is out in the world for you to read!

You can try to read it off of this preview, or you can check it out on my website at www.polarnoids.com (your choice)!

#art #comicart #comicartist #webcomic #ocsky #platypus #echidna #monotreme #polarbear #penguin #comicstrip

#Echidna observed at a core study site using a thermal tool.

#BuildingaBaseline
#Conservation
#UQ
#Monotreme
#Science

An echidna caught trying to get through the fence, with face buried for protection

Evening
#monotreme

Happy World Echidna Day!
We shall celebrate the occasion with the echidna iceberg. #echidna #iceberg #monotreme

Anatomically correct Platypus (almost).

#Monotreme
#Platypus
#Knitted
#Knitting

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, an egg laying mammal, has been rediscovered in Indonesia's Cyclops Mountains after being last seen over 60 years ago.

#egglayingmammal #Attenboroughslongbeakedechidna #echidna #longbeakedechidna #extinctanimals #monotreme #animals #animalworld #animalkingdom

Perry el gauchito

Perry el Patagorhynchus

#tibtattoo #paleoarte #paleoart #paleontologiaargentina #paleontología #paleontology #patagorhynchus #patagorhynchuspascuali #perrytheplatypus #perryelornitorrinco #phineas&ferb #gaucho #gauchito #arte #art #drawing #dibujo #monotreme #ornitorrinco #argentina #argentinaart

#echidnas protect wildlife australia 🇦🇺 #monotreme

Realistic illustration of a Short-beaked echidna on a white background

Throwback, while I make new art, and grapple with reality.

#ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project)
Day 47: Short-beaked echidna

#sciart #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #australiananimal #australia #monotreme

Where were you when you saw your first wild #monotreme?

#platypus #Malanda #AthertonTablelands #Australia #wildlife

The Asian forest tortoise and platypus, contestants in the 2025 March Mammal Madness event are shown in a watercolor painting. The tortoise, with its dark green and black scutes forming the shell. The tortoise stares placidly into the distance. The platypus, dives through water, propelling its slick, furred body through the water with paddle like front and back feet.

Two more #2025MMM contestants! The Asian forest tortoise, a resident of SE Asian forests and member of a basal tortoise genus. It faces the platypus, an agile, semiaquatic, egg-laying monotreme which is found in streams in eastern Australia. 🦊🧪🐡 #watercolor #herps #monotreme

A drawing of an anthropomorphic brown platypus character with purple bill, hands, feet, and eyes. The platypus character also has brown head hair, and is wearing a shark tooth necklace. They are standing and leaning forward slightly, with one arm behind their back, and the other arm up in the air waving excitedly. They have a big smile on their face.

What a friendly platypus! They seem to be greeting you with a warm welcome! 🦆🦫

#furry #furries #fursona #anthro #anthros #furryart #anthroart #animalart #art #artwork #drawing #fullbody #personalart #platypus #monotreme

young platypus nestled in a human hand

Baby platypus are called puggles. They are hatched from an egg. They are incredibly cute. #Australia #Platypus #Monotreme #Cute

A short beaked echidna among the bushy vegetation in Tasmania

Platypuses may have "outweirded" echidnas in the public eye, but that's likely due to echidnas being broadly "hedgehog-shaped," which feels deceptively familiar. Nonetheless, these guys are top-tier bizarre in ways that are so absurd it’s funny.
#nature #tasmania #echidna #monotreme #wildlife

An echidna having lunch at their local log in Lane Cove National Park Sydney NSW. Sony A7riv + 90mm. Echidnas are Monotremes, essentially they are mammals that lay eggs. 2021 ©️

#australianwildlife #nature #naturephotography #macro #photography #naturephotography #echidna #monotreme #australia

It had been a hot and exhausting morning for this little echidna! #monotreme #Tasmania #nature #wildlife #birdbath #wildlifeonfarms #biodiversityonfarms

#echidnas are amazing to watch, so busy exploring with that strong snout- I watched one at the Walcha cemetery sniffing the ground frequently with its snout-it explored the ground right up to my feet/ took one sniff then moved on. Bush Heritage Australia 🇦🇺 protects this marvellous #monotreme

Side view of an echidna partially concealed by grass

Face to face with an echidna - not often one gets such a great view of a short-beaked #echidna spotted this spiky fellow on lovely #PhillipIsland Please drive carefully all as more often see them hit by cars ☹️! #AusAnteater #monotreme