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Perth Zoo baby echidnas

Discussion in 'Australia' started by Chlidonias, 13 Dec 2012.

  1. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Baby echidnas born at Perth Zoo a world-first - Yahoo!7 Technology
     
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    Baby echidnas looking sharp at Perth Zoo | The Courier-Mail
     
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    What an impressive achievement, if only every zoo could be so successful with them :)
     
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    I dont know why they say they have no major predators, but Dingos sometimes eat them.
    I have not found one myself but I have seen photos of wild dog/dingos den sites and they are always surrounded by Echidna skins.
     
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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    none of the new stories have been very explicit, but from what I can gather the 2012 news (starting off this thread) were babies produced by captive-bred mothers (the fathers being wild-caught) while for these new babies both parents were captive-bred.
     
    Chlidonias, 14 Dec 2015
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    Perth have announced the breeding on their Facebook page, so it is a new story.
     
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    New or old, it' none the less an impressive achievement in modern husbandry for this species after years of studying and hard research.
     
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