Ten amazing facts about the short-beaked echidna, that you can WOW your friends with. 1. Echidnas are monotremes, a small group of mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.The female lays a single, soft-shelled egg and incubates it in a temporary pouch on her abdomen. 2. They have a unique milk secretion While they are mammals, they have no nipples! Instead, the mother secretes milk through special pores in her pouch for the baby to lap up. 3. A baby is called a "puggle" The b

We’re crowning echidna babies with the honour of having the cutest name ever: puggles 🥺 An echidna only lays one egg at a time. When hatched, the little baby puggle feeds on milk secreted from patches in their mother’s pouch. Turns out echidnas are absolutely adorable at any age! 📺: Australian Geographic Extraordinary Animals is now airing on NITV on Sunday nights at 7.30pm. Episodes are available to stream for free on SBS On Demand at https://ausgeo.co/extraordinaryanimals #ausgeo #extraordin