Echidna taking a dip to cool off

[Warrigal]

These little monotremes are very elusive and hard to spot in the wild.
This one is using a wild life watering station to take a bath.

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[Aunt Marg]

Cute little thing!

 

[asp3]

We were lucky enough to see one when we visited Kangaroo Island bask in 2005. We didn't however get to see a platypus which I would have loved to have seen.