[HN Gopher] Rare egg-laying mammal (echidna) rediscovered in Ind...
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       Rare egg-laying mammal (echidna) rediscovered in Indonesia
        
       Author : curmudgeon22
       Score  : 69 points
       Date   : 2023-11-10 19:53 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | 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
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       | 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
        
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