Short-beaked Echidna - Women's Midweight Cotton Tee Color:Sport Grey and organisations like Aussie Ark

and organisations like Aussie Ark work to protect native species and restore safe habitats

leafy trees

inquisitive eyes

Found in the coastal waters and rivers of northern Australia

with wings so large and colorful they almost look like they belong to a bird

Short-beaked Echidna - Women's Midweight Cotton Tee Color:Sport Grey and organisations like Aussie ArkThe short beaked echidna is one of Australias most wonderfully weird mammals covered in sharp spines, equipped with a long sticky tongue, and capable of laying eggs despite being a mammal. Found right across the country, from bushland to alpine regions, it uses its powerful claws to tear into ant and termite nests, slurping up thousands of insects in a single meal. When threatened, it simply digs straight down or curls into a spiky ball, making