Prickly mum - Short-beaked Echidna - Small design - Unisex Softstyle T-Shirt Kids' Clothing Native to Tasmania and parts

Native to Tasmania and parts of southern Australia

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from herding fish to targeting larger prey

If Melbourne were turned into birds

With their constant movement and needle-like bill

Prickly mum - Short-beaked Echidna - Small design - Unisex Softstyle T-Shirt Kids' Clothing Native to Tasmania and partsThe short beaked echidna is one of Australias most unusual mums, raising her young in a way thats part reptile, part mammal, and entirely fascinating. After laying a single egg, she tucks it into a temporary pouch where it hatches into a tiny, jellybean sized puggle. She nurses it with milk (without nipples) before leaving it safely hidden in a burrow while she forages, returning every few days to feed it. Protecting intact bushland and safe nesting