Sydney's Taronga Zoo unveiled a rare short-beaked echidna puggle, born to mom Gunyi at its breeding facility around seven months ago https://reut.rs/3belu7T | Reuters UK

A rare short-beaked echidna puggle has emerged at Taronga Zoo Sydney. The puggle is estimated to be about seven months old and was born to experience mum Ganyi. It is very rare to get up close to echidna puggles as they spend the first couple of months of their life in a deep burrow that their mum makes. Echidnas, although iconic, are unusual animals known as monotremes – mammals that lay eggs. Despite being warm-blooded, their young puggles are hatched from eggs and mothers produce milk for the

Meet Piggle the Puggle!! 💕 We finally caught our first glimpse of the first ever Echidna puggle born here at the park and we couldn't be more excited 😍 #echidna #lovecentralcoast #feelnsw #seeaustralia | Australian Reptile Park