G’day #fromthefield in Australia South! Our group enjoyed this incredible Echidna encounter at Mt. Field National Park. They also reported seeing over ten Platypus in the same area! Yes- we know what you’re thinking… Crikey! That’s a lot of Platypus! 👉 nathab.com/asia-adventure-travel/southern-australia-tasmania-nature-tour Video by Nat Hab Expedition Leader John Mittan | Natural Habitat Adventures

The short-beaked echidna is native to Australia and New Guinea’s coastal and highland regions. As its taxonomic family name, Tachyglossidae, implies, the echidna’s six-inch “fast tongue” slurps up a variety of insects and larvae. Since they have no teeth, hard pads at the base of the tongue and on the roof of the mouth grind their prey into a paste. The short-beaked is blanketed with dark insulative fur and shielded by beige and black two-inch barbless spines that provide excellent camouflage an