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Dec 08, 2019 06:05 | #136

Echidna - 5 in one afternoon - a new experience for me

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Dec 08, 2019 15:16 | #137

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Very nice Richard, lovely clarity and details, you managed to get quite close it seems. :-)

Love #1 in particular. :-)

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Dec 08, 2019 15:20 as a reply to @ nardes's post | #138

Thanks Dennis
Yes about 5 metres on this one.
The other I posted elsewhere was about 20 metres.
I was surprised how this one didn't seem to notice me.
I didn't try closer but just left quietly

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Thanks Dennis
Yes about 5 metres on this one.
The other I posted elsewhere was about 20 metres.
I was surprised how this one didn't seem to notice me.
I didn't try closer but just left quietly

That's been my experience with Echidnas, too. Maybe they are confident that their spines will deter any attackers? I once knelt alongside a very busy Echidna that had found an ants' nest under a log and was determined to eat every single one of them, paying me no attention whatsoever. Needless to say, I didn't have a camera with me :rolleyes:

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Dec 09, 2019 06:24 | #140

avondale87 wrote in post #18971952

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Great photos. Your echidna's seem to have much more hair between their spines than on the mainland - or maybe their spines are shorter?

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Dec 09, 2019 13:12 | #141

jholeana wrote in post #18972441

Great photos. Your echidna's seem to have much more hair between their spines than on the mainland - or maybe their spines are shorter?

thanks
I just looked back through the Echidna posts and yours are a lot darker and seem more spikey.
Bit hard to tell the length difference,but that could also be true.

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Dec 09, 2019 15:05 | #142

jholeana wrote in post #18972441

Great photos. Your echidna's seem to have much more hair between their spines than on the mainland - or maybe their spines are shorter?

They've probably evolved more hair to keep warm in Tassie. Certainly more hair than those up here too.

Still waiting for the wisdom they promised would be worth getting old for.

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Dec 09, 2019 20:00 as a reply to @ Pippan's post | #143

Hadn't thought about that. Very valid.
These live at 600 to 800 metres plus. Others at 1200 metres.
It gets COLD

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Dec 09, 2019 21:03 | #144

We came across this Swamp snake (or Black-bellied swamp snake) on a walk in the Lamington National Park last week. We estimated it to be approx. 60 cms long.

These snakes are not highly venomous, but they do bite and victims may suffer pain and localised swelling, but it is not considered deadly to humans.

However, I kept my distance as I am no expert… :-)

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Dec 15, 2019 18:04 | #145

Female (L) and Male (R) Richmond birdwing butterflies.

This was taken in the Lamington National Park. The Richmond birdwing is one of Australia's largest butterflies with a wingspan of up to 16 cm in females and 13 cm in males.

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Dec 16, 2019 04:32 | #146

A Ringtail Possum admiring our Christmas lights display

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Dec 16, 2019 04:36 as a reply to @ S.R.M.'s post | #147

that's a sight Stephen :-)
Great to see a ringtail. They are nearly non existent here. Plentiful when I was a kid.
Lovely creatures

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Dec 16, 2019 05:04 | #148

avondale87 wrote in post #18975813

that's a sight Stephen :-)

Great to see a ringtail. They are nearly non existent here. Plentiful when I was a kid.
Lovely creatures

Thanks Richard! The little Ringtails are still fairly common in the suburbs of Brisbane... perhaps even more so than Brushtails where I am

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Dec 16, 2019 16:28 | #149

I had to grab the pool net and land this Eastern Water Dragon to get him out of our backyard pool before my Wife could have a swim.

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