Short-beaked Echidna at Amaroo, ACT
Identification history
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | 26 Feb 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | 25 Feb 2019 | HarveyPerkins |
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After crossing the track, this echidna went to ground as I approached. It was then I noticed a bit of pink drinking straw stuck on one of its quills. I tried removing it thinking just another bit of plastic getting in the way of wildlife, but I couldn't budge it. At all. It was then I thought maybe it is a deliberate marker for this individual for tracking purposes. If so, the straw was over the right shoulder.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.160912-35.164819
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Amaroo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Feb 2019 02:09 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
Species information
- Tachyglossus aculeatus Scientific name
- Short-beaked Echidna Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1438.2m Recorded at altitude
- 559 images trained Machine learning
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