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Echidona in Ben Lomond National Park, Tasmania, Australia

Watched this Echidna very slowly cross the road in front of oncoming traffic in Portland

Captured in the earthy tones of the Australian wild, this echidna is a portrait of gentle curiosity as it browses for ants amidst the rich browns of its natural habitat in Queensland. With its spiny coat glistening softly, the scene encapsulates the unique charm of one of Australia's remarkable monotremes in its tranquil pursuit of nourishment. The blend of colors and textures frames the echidna beautifully, inviting you into its quiet corner of the world.

Found in the wild the Echidna covered in coarse hair and spines. Their diet consists mainly of ants and termites.

Cute little Echidna on a rural property in Central Victoria

Two young Asian women are taking a closer look on African Crested Porcupine during weekend outing at petting zoo in Malaysia.

The short nosed echidna has strong-clawed feet and spines on the upper part of a brownish body.

A Short Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) at a Wildlife Park in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (Photo by Tara Chand Malhotra)

This image features an Australian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) navigating its way through a rural field. The setting includes patches of grass, dry soil, and scattered thistles.

Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

African Porcupine spines closeup

Australian Echidna

Cute little Echidna in the wild at Lakes Entrance

A Short-beaked Echidna (also known as a Spiny Anteater) walking towards the camera

Echidna scurrying over wood on the ground

Full frame from quills of porcupine

Spiky Indian Crested Porcupine ((Hystrix indica) standing on Sandy Ground.

Close up of an Australian short-beaked echidna. Click to see more...

An Echidna searches for food on the forest floor in the Dryandra Woodlands of South-West Western Australia. These bizarre animals are classified as monotremes and are only found in Australia. Close up wildlife portrait.

Porcupine spines or quills closeup

the echidna is looking for ants to eat

The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the second largest rodent in North America, after the North American Beaver (Castor canadensis). The porcupine is distinguished by its coat of about 30,000 quills that covers all of its body except underbelly, face and feet. The quills are sharp, barbed and hollow hairs that are used primarily for defense and insulation. When used for defense, the quills can lodge in the flesh of a victim and are difficult and painful to remove. The porcupine’s summer diet includes twigs, roots, stems, berries, and other vegetation. In the winter, they mainly eat conifer needles and tree bark. Porcupines are a slow-moving creature with poor distance vision. They are nocturnal, spending their days resting in trees. The porcupine does not hibernate in winter, preferring to stay close and sleep in their dens. This porcupine was photographed in the woods near Williams, Arizona, USA.

This image features an Australian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) navigating its way through a rural field. The setting includes patches of grass, dry soil, and scattered thistles.

Tachyglossus aculeatus - Short-beaked Echidna in the Australian bush, known as spiny anteaters, family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals, sunset in the forest in Australia.

Names: Malayan porcupine, Himalayan porcupine

Echidna behaviour - standing up foraging for ants in a tree trunk, which has been ravaged by bushfire.

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