October 14, 2008: Echidna Puggle

xoxoxoBruce · 10-14-2008, 06:03 PM

Wiki says;

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Echidnas and the Platypus are the only egg-laying mammals, known as monotremes. The female lays a single soft-shelled, leathery egg twenty-two days after mating and deposits it directly into her pouch. Hatching takes ten days; the young echidna, called a puggle, then sucks milk from the pores of the two milk patches (monotremes have no nipples) and remains in the pouch for forty-five to fifty-five days, at which time it starts to develop spines. The mother digs a nursery burrow and deposits the puggle, returning every five days to suckle it until it is weaned at seven months.

Weird, unique, ugly, it's got it all.

Cloud · 10-14-2008, 06:07 PM

full grown echidnas are pretty cute, but that baby . . .

BigV · 10-14-2008, 06:09 PM

For a recipe, see Eraserhead.

Pico and ME · 10-14-2008, 06:11 PM

It reminds me of this.

Sundae · 10-14-2008, 06:16 PM

Not ugly, no.
Vulnerable.
Gorgeous.

Oh, you meant the puggle

Yeah I did too.

How old is it at the cartoonish stage Bruce?

Aliantha · 10-14-2008, 06:40 PM

I was trying to figure out if that baby is a platypus or and echidna because it looks more like a platypus to me because of the 'beak' or snout. In my travels, I found the site below which I thought was interesting, and just goes to show that you can never trust wiki.

From here:

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A baby platypus is not called a puggle, which seems to be a common misconception. There is no official name for a baby platypus, but a common suggested name is "platypup".

Elspode · 10-14-2008, 07:26 PM

If I had something spiny growing in my pouch, I'd dig a hole and dump it in there, too.

ZenGum · 10-14-2008, 07:50 PM

Nothing to see here folks, move along.

BeltNah · 10-14-2008, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I was trying to figure out if that baby is a platypus or and echidna because it looks more like a platypus to me because of the 'beak' or snout. In my travels, I found the site below which I thought was interesting, and just goes to show that you can never trust wiki.

From here:

All the photos are of an Echidna not a Platypus. A baby Echidna is called a Puggle.

Chocolatl · 10-14-2008, 10:20 PM

For some reason, every time I look at the picture in the top right, it reminds me of a cornish game hen.

I don't know if it's my monitor or my eyes playing tricks on me, but does the puggle have eyes and/or eyelids? It seems like there are just dark spots where the eyes should be...

newtimer · 10-15-2008, 02:17 AM

One of nature's perfect animals. It comes with lots of built-in toothpicks, which is convenient because barbecued echidna is so stringy!

Aliantha · 10-15-2008, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by BeltNah

All the photos are of an Echidna not a Platypus. A baby Echidna is called a Puggle.

Obviously a contentious issue then huh.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-15-2008, 04:05 AM

Only for people that think that's not an Echidna.

http://www.faunarescue.org.au/echidna.html

ZenGum · 10-15-2008, 04:18 AM

That's not an echidna ...... This is an echidna.

Thanks for the set up, Bruce!

From Bruce's link:

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It is common to see echidnas blowing bubbles from their nostrils.

SPUCK · 10-15-2008, 05:12 AM

It does have everything!! Even a nice digital SLR Camera.

10-14-2008, 06:07 PM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	full grown echidnas are pretty cute, but that baby . . . __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-14-2008, 06:09 PM	#3
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10-14-2008, 06:16 PM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Not ugly, no. Vulnerable. Gorgeous. Oh, you meant the puggle Yeah I did too. How old is it at the cartoonish stage Bruce? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-14-2008, 07:26 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	If I had something spiny growing in my pouch, I'd dig a hole and dump it in there, too. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-14-2008, 07:50 PM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Nothing to see here folks, move along. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-14-2008, 06:11 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	It reminds me of this.

10-14-2008, 10:20 PM	#10
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	For some reason, every time I look at the picture in the top right, it reminds me of a cornish game hen. I don't know if it's my monitor or my eyes playing tricks on me, but does the puggle have eyes and/or eyelids? It seems like there are just dark spots where the eyes should be...

10-15-2008, 02:17 AM	#11
newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	One of nature's perfect animals. It comes with lots of built-in toothpicks, which is convenient because barbecued echidna is so stringy!

10-15-2008, 04:05 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Only for people that think that's not an Echidna. http://www.faunarescue.org.au/echidna.html __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-15-2008, 05:12 AM	#15
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	It does have everything!! Even a nice digital SLR Camera.

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