Baby Photos

[den]

Comments

[carrie-schunk.livejournal.com]

oh wow its soo cute, but what is it? I've never seen anything like that

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

He's an echidna. He was orphaned when his mum was killed by a train.

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

That first shot is very strange. I wasn't sure which end was which until I looked at the rest of the pix!

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

That's the photo you dig out and show everyone when he turns 21.

[ngarewyrd.livejournal.com]

Heh, Spook needs to shave now, he's growin up *sniffle* soon he'll be rampaging around attacking legs! *dabs eyes*

gotta love them rampaging puggles!

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[tropism.livejournal.com]

Yay! It looks less like a scrotum! ;)

[zhenzhi.livejournal.com]

cuuuuuuuuute!!!
how spiky are those little hairs?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

they're just stiff bristles

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Spooks have eyeballs!!

[indyellen.livejournal.com]

Aaaawwwwwwwww! Thanks, Den...lovely baby spiky puggle!

ICONTHEFT

[penpouring.livejournal.com]

I love your icon - may I steal it please?

Re: ICONTHEFT

[indyellen.livejournal.com]

I didn't make it; can't remember where I found it in icon form, but the "screen cleaner" gif/movie is on the net in several forms, so I'd say go for it. ;)

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

Aww. What amazes me is that even when the spikes are mere five-o-clock shadow, those claws look fully developed and meanin' business.

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

Also--err, did Spook miss you when you were gone? Do you think he knew the difference between caretakers? I realize I know nothing about the emotional lives of our spiny friends...

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

There is a few days of confusion due to the different handler smells, then the milk flows and all cares are fogotten.

I'm not kidding when I write about slurping. The female doesn't have nipples and just oozes milk from some sking patches. The young one simply sticks its nose onto the milky patch and licks and slurps away. I get to see impressive milk bubbles from the nose.

[jamesb]

Den, is it just me, or do puggles have an appearance that shows a definite similarity to a platypus.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The two look very similar until the spines and long nose start to develop.

[annvole.livejournal.com]

Looks like echidnas do not really have external ears

but neither does the platypus: "The platypus has no outer ear lobe":
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/collies_clicks/fauna/platypus/platypus.htm

Here are some more puggles:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/June2000/default.htm#d
http://www.echidnaenclave.net/Echidnas/Epage11.htm (hatchings and puggles start at "New Life")
http://www.echonews.com/1112/#rsl
http://www.fauna-rescue-qld.org.au/ech1.html
http://www.platypus.org.uk/site-echidna/p_th.html

here is a sculpture of an echidna with long ears (what's up with that?):
http://www.andrearich.com/sculpture/echidna.htm
but the mascot makers here got it right:
http://www.nrdgp.org.au/projects/immunisation/immunisatio2623.html

Research into echidna milk:
http://clearlyexplained.com/news/nature/2005/apr/1N0504_2005.html

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Both simply have an ear canal, but the platypus has an extra flap that lets them close their ears while underwater.

Echidna with ears looks weird.

[annvole.livejournal.com]

Another thing both Monostremes have is a spur on the feet of the males but the difference is in echidnas it does not contain poison like the platypus and also the females are born with one too and most shead the spur when they grow up:

http://www.echidnaenclave.net/Echidnas/Epage2.htm

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Oh, look at those cute, adorable little beady eyes!!

(fails cuteness roll *AGAIN*)

After all the Life as a (Insert animals species with cute babies here) series on telly at the folks I thought it was over.

Apparently not:D.

GO, SPOOK!

[annvole.livejournal.com]

baby platypus:
http://baby.platypus.ru/zveri.jpg
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2004/Newton/Platypus.htm
http://community.webshots.com/photo/100799774/100800017CgPCvy

Why baby platypii are not called puggles:
http://www.platypus.asn.au/historical_background.html (near bottom)

[ladyursus.livejournal.com]

You certainly are good at entertaining us as well as educating us. They are are cute as can be.