Echidna

On that same 4WD trek (yesterday) one of the first things we found was this gorgeous young echidna who didn't seem as scared of us as they normally are. After initially burrowing into the dirt, he came out and snuffled around for a while and I got this lovely shot of him.

[Pam]

Amazing looking animal! Such a great shot!

[Brian]

Great capture of this creature.

[Valerie Chesney]

Super capture of this beauty.. Fav

[Catherine P]

Love this

[Wylie]

@pamalama @briaan @happysnaps @cmp thanks everyone, I was thrilled to get this shot.

[Annie D]

Oh how wonderful...what a great image and exciting encounter 🥰

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a super capture! He looks quite inquisitive! Such a little beauty! fav

[Peter Dulis]

cute little critter

[Krista Marson]

Australia has the most interesting animals

[Julie Duncan]

I think you deserve a prize for rarest wild animal photo! How exciting! I'll bet they eat a lot of leeches, too. Am I right? :)

[Merrelyn]

Great shot if this little fellow. It's such a treat to see one in the wild.

[Mags]

Wow! So amazing. What a capture.

[Diana]

What a great shot of this beautiful little critter.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[gloria jones]

Super capture

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture!

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot of this very interesting creature!

Ian

[JackieR]

What a great capture of this little elusive marsupial

[carol white]

Great capture.Fav😊

[Korcsog Károly]

This is a beautiful recording!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Well spotted and a great capture.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh you are so lucky! mine curl and burrow in a snap. the facial detail is brilliant

[Yao RL]

Such a cute creature.

[Allison Maltese]

How exciting. Echidnas fascinated our son when he was a kid and there is little statue of one still on his desk.

[Agnes]

How cute

[Milanie]

What great timing to be there and be patient for him to come back out.

[haskar]

Lovely creature. Great shot and ov.

[*lynn]

Excellent capture ... what a cool animal, I've never seen one.

[Bucktree]

Nice capture. I've never seen one. They have a cute little nose.

[George]

Great capture.

[Corinne C]

Never saw one. A great capture!

[Shutterbug]

Terrific that you were able to capture this. Nice capture of the details.

[Rick]

Interesting looking critter. Great capture.

[eDorre]

Neato!

[Christina]

Sooo cute

[Delwyn Barnett]

How lovely to see this echidna - what a great photo.

[John Falconer]

Fabulous capture.

[Boxplayer]

What a total cutie.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Joan Robillard]

Fab

[Taffy]

He's so cute peeking out. Congrats on TT!

[Vesna]

This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[John Falconer]

And congratulations on Top Twenty.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Congratulations Wylie on your photo making it to the Top Twenty for the week!

[Wylie]

@taffy @vesna0210 @johnfalconer @skipt07 thanks all for the congrats, always a bonus and surprise to hook a TT with a shot. I appreciate your contributions for getting it there!