The Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, presented its rare short-beaked echidna puggle born at the zoo's breeding facility. Echidnas are one of only two egg-laying mammals in the world. https://abcn.ws/3eq3ERa | ABC News

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