[HN Gopher] Rare egg-laying mammal (echidna) rediscovered in Ind... ___________________________________________________________________ Rare egg-laying mammal (echidna) rediscovered in Indonesia Author : curmudgeon22 Score : 69 points Date : 2023-11-10 19:53 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.cbc.ca) (TXT) w3m dump (www.cbc.ca) | hfv68 wrote: | That conflict resolution method is pretty creative. Thanks for | posting! | koolba wrote: | The egg laying by the females is interesting. But what's four | times as interesting is the structure of the male's business end. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna | DrBazza wrote: | Named after Sir. David Attenborough no less. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67382235 | lmpdev wrote: | I didn't realise there was a fourth species | | I had to rescue a horny short nosed one which had trapped itself | between gutters on a high speed road while looking for a mate a | few years ago | | These things are _STRONG_. The spikes aren't much of a concern if | you're trying to pick one up, but it's essentially a sphere of | pure muscle and bones | bitwize wrote: | If you tangle with an Echidna Warrior, get ready for a fight. | | Highlight of my Australia Zoo visit was seeing a zookeeper | holding an echidna like a baby and feeding her honey. | cookie_monsta wrote: | > I had to rescue a horny short nosed one which had trapped | itself between gutters on a high speed road while looking for a | mate a few years ago | | Love a good dangling modifier. Did you end up finding your | mate? | Affric wrote: | Strange to see West Papua plainly described as Indonesia. | | It's a great video. The feeling of euphoria is very real and in | the vast and in the isolated jungles of Maritime South East Asia | there is a little thrill knowing just how isolated you are. | | On an island. In a jungle. Miles from the airport via river and | foot. On a mountain. | singingfish wrote: | > Strange to see West Papua plainly described as Indonesia | | Yeah I did a double take on this too. | nickff wrote: | Is the strange part that they used the (politically designated) | country name rather than the (geographically oriented) island | name? This seems normal to me, as journalists frequently | describe locations by political names. | | Who calls the area West Papua? The Indonesians seem to refer to | it as "Western New Guinea", and "Papua" seems to be an | antiquated term used to refer to some part(s) of the island of | New Guinea. | twelvechairs wrote: | Worth noting also its east of the Wallace Line [0] which | generally separates Asian (west) from Australasian (east) | species | | [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line | elromulous wrote: | This animal would be so much more obscure if it weren't for | Sega's publicity campaign [0]. | | [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckles_the_Echidna | ssss11 wrote: | Wow I had no idea Knuckles was supposed to be an echidna! Ha | sphars wrote: | Knuckles is the only reason I know that there is an actual | animal called an echidna ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-11-10 23:00 UTC)