What is an Echidna you ask?. Echidna are one of the two egg laying mamals native to Australia. They live on ants which they dig out with their powerful claws. They use those same claws to dig them selves into the ground when they glimpse possible danger. They keep digging until their back is at ground level and their attacker is presented with a wall of spines. Tree kangaroos are found only in the rain forests of Australia, West Papua, and Papua New Guinea. Six of ten species are found in Papua New Guinea, in some of the last undisturbed rain forest habitat in the world. The Matschie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) is endemic to the Huon Peninsula on the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea. It is classified by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2004 Red List as endangered. Matschie's tree kangaroos live in mountainous cloud forests at elevations of up to 11000 feet (3350 meters). They spend most of their time in trees. Tree kangaroos primarily eat tree leaves. They also consume flowers, grass shoots, ferns, moss, and bark. Female tree kangaroos give birth to one offspring after a gestation period of approximately 44 days. After birth, the fetus-like young, called a joey, crawls to a teat located inside the mother's pouch, where it attaches itself to nurse. The majority of the infant's development occurs during this lactation phase. The joey remains in the pouch for about ten months. The mother will clean her pouch and groom the infant ...
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