Rare Echidna Puggle Born in Australian Zoo
On 5/7/21 at 5:25 PM EDT
On Friday, Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, introduced a rare short-beaked echidna puggle in a video shared on Facebook. The new addition is around seven months old and has yet to be named.
Born in their breeding facility to mom Gunyi, the puggle the term used to describe baby echidnas was provided a natural environment with logs, rocks, pile of leaves to settle into after birth, according to a spokesperson from the Taronga Zoo.
Echidnas, also called spiny anteaters, are found commonly in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. According to Britannica, they eat and breathe through a bald tubular beak protruding from a dome-shaped body covered in spines.
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In a new study, lead author Professor Corey Bradshaw of Flinders University estimates that over 1,000 lives could be saved in Australia alone over the next 50 years, through the widespread use of electrified personal protective equipment.
His analysis further suggests a significant reduction in post-traumatic stress disorder experienced by survivors of shark attacks.
He and his team analyzed figures for per-capita shark bites across Australia from 1900 to 2020, with data drawn from Australian Shark Attack File curated by Taronga Conservation Society Australia, and found some 985 incidents reported, with attacks from 20 different species.
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