16/10/2026
Echidnas are perhaps one of the least cuddly of Australia’s native animals, although you could argue that they come much higher on the snuggle list than our vast range of deadly snakes!
This week our junior Anganya students learned that the echidna is one of only two mammals in the world that lays eggs. The other is the Platypus. They discovered that Echidnas are also found in Papua New Guinea, and that there are short and long-beaked species of this spiky monotreme. They read about Koko the light-quilled Echidna and then engaged their creative skills when they modelled their own Echidna from air-dry clay.
SOURCE TEXT: “What do you mean I’m NOT a REAL ECHIDNA?” By April Clarke, Illustrated by Brett Cardwell