10 Things You Didn’t Know About Echidnas!

Few creatures are as bizarre as echidnas! So in this video we talk about 10 of the wildest, and weirdest facts, which we think you won’t know, about these fascinating animals!

[MadIIMike]

Echidna: Evolved spikes to keep others away for 55 million years.
Human: I WANT TO PET IT!

[RexMundi]

When I lived in Australia for a short while, I used to find these little buggers in the bush undergrowth and it was easy to have a good look on them since they're so slow. I think they're cute.

[ylstorage]

caption for the Echidna: "let me go human! let me let me let me for 10 mins straight

[plurality-reality]

PUT HIM DOWN ... He needs to get back to Angel Island and protect the Master Emerald

[wangdangatomictango]

The lil feller's just "F R E E ME!" 😂 Thanks! I learned so much!!

[jaquinicole]

Such cute creatures, the electrical signals and age was very interesting. I would be interested in seeing his enclosure 🙏😊

[TheWildlifeBrothers]

As usual you presented some really interesting facts, I only knew a few of them and I learned a ton! I had no idea how long echidnas could live, nor did I know about their name’s history or how wide their distribution is! I love this series from you Nick, you do one of the best iterations of “10 things you didn’t know” on YouTube in my opinion. Great work!
- Harrison and Evan

[nicko]

I love echidna's mate, that was a fantastic little video, platapusses are are another creature I've seldom seen, Even though I live in the Murray river area, I've only ever seen 1 echidna in the wild. I actually stopped and put my hazard lights on, so to alert traffic, , as I let it safely cross a highway. The best part, (besides seeing the little fella walk away) was the amount of others who stopped to say, Thankyou, for taking care of the little one, i would've sone the same thing. That warmed my heart to hear good, positive attitude from Australian drivers. Edit: Cheers mate. Thanks for sharing those interesting facts.✌💚💛

[DaveWhoa]

for a "short-beaked" echidna, thats still a quality beak! cute lil bugger. amazing claws too, and fascinating they can detect electrical signals like platypus

[andrewstrongman]

Wow, I did not know that you could pick up an echidna without being stuck by the quills. I've ushered echidnas across country roads but had no idea of how cuddly they can be!

[sparking]

The echidna dreams of an island in the heavens, of the blood of his ancestors flowing inside him, of his duty to save the flower from evil deterioration

[sxyslyvxn]

He's precious!!! Has anyone called them Australian hedgehogs? I speculate they may not exactly be related to European hedgehogs, but I consider them kindred spirits just like the pangolin (or scaly anteater) and the armadillo are a different species altogether. He looks absolutely darling!

[bazkeen]

90% of that I didn't know. Very interesting facts. Would love to see how you went about building the enclosure. Like that sort of thing
Good one Nick

[williamogilvie]

Very interesting, and good to hear you Aussies are taking care of all those strange and wonderful animals down there.

[Valkyrie]

Hey, human! Release me! I need to protect the Master Emerald!

[kaboozle]

Funny to see how the Echidna got more and more anxious during the video. I’m sure he/she was glad they were finally released from this dangerous mammal’s grasp!

[sarikoske]

Just stumbled across your channel! Have subscribed 👍 Loved this video and learned so much!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm besotted with my resident echidna ❤️ (or echidnas??) Absolute cutie!!! 💞 I've had many interactions as he/she frequents my shed regularly. We had an "ET" moment once where it reached out and touched the tip of my finger! Have also met out and about in the paddocks both daytime and night time. I feel incredibly privileged and honoured to share their space ❤️❤️

[Yoshi]

I usually feel like when I go into "top 10 facts about x animal" videos I already know everything but wow I really don't know much about Echidnas. Awesome video.

[greensteve]

I love how you throw shade on those still using archaic measurements. 😆😆

[ginnied]

cheeky bugger, we still use miles in the UK and we live in this century not the 1800's
i loved learning about the echidnas, i was surprised to learn that they lay eggs, watching the baby hatch had my mind blown
really good vid, Ta