Met this cutie while having a hike at Daylesford, Victoria, Australia.
It has spines like a porcupine, a beak like a bird, a pouch like a kangaroo, and lays eggs like a reptile.
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ECHIDNA
(also known as spiny anteaters)
Together with platypus, echidna is an egg-laying Mammal (monotremes).
They live in Australia, Tasmania, and Papua New Guinea.
The ones live in Australia are the short-beaked one.
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