A rare short-beaked echidna puggle has emerged at Taronga Zoo Sydney. The puggle is estimated to be about seven months old and was born to experience mum Ganyi. It is very rare to get up close to echidna puggles as they spend the first couple of months of their life in a deep burrow that their mum makes. Echidnas, although iconic, are unusual animals known as monotremes – mammals that lay eggs. Despite being warm-blooded, their young puggles are hatched from eggs and mothers produce milk for the

Echidna puggle alert! 🦔 Taronga Zoo has released footage of a now seven-month-old, short-beaked echidna puggle that was born to mum Gunyi! Keep watching to see the puggle when it was just over a month old. 📸 Taronga Zoo Sydney | ABC Sydney

Australia's Taronga Zoo welcomes one of its newest additions: A rare short-beaked echidna puggle. Echidnas are one of only two egg-laying mammals in the world. | CBS News

We’re crowning echidna babies with the honour of having the cutest name ever: puggles 🥺 An echidna only lays one egg at a time. When hatched, the little baby puggle feeds on milk secreted from patches in their mother’s pouch. Turns out echidnas are absolutely adorable at any age! 📺: Australian Geographic Extraordinary Animals is now airing on NITV on Sunday nights at 7.30pm. Episodes are available to stream for free on SBS On Demand at https://ausgeo.co/extraordinaryanimals #ausgeo #extraordin