1.0Ballarat Wildlife Parkhttps://wildlifepark.com.auBrandon Aranyosihttps://wildlifepark.com.au/author/sma11d0gdes1gn/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://wildlifepark.com.au/wildlife_animals/short-beaked-echidna/">Short-beaked Echidna</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wildlifepark.com.au/wildlife_animals/short-beaked-echidna/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Short-beaked Echidna” — Ballarat Wildlife Park" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://wildlifepark.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/echidna_main.jpg500334[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Latin Name: Tachyglossus aculeatus[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Locailty: NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC and WA[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Echidnas are active mainly at dawn and dusk in summer and during the day in winter. They sleep under bushes or leaf litter in hollow logs or abandoned burrows. They have a slow rolling gait freezing or curling up if threatened, eventually seeking shelter or […]