Puggles come to the Neighborhood

What’s a puggle? A spiky, beaky but cute zoo baby
It’s spiky, has beady little eyes and a beak. It’s an Australian animal called an echidna (uh-KID-nah) and a baby, known as a puggle, was born June 30, 2020, at the San Diego Zoo. The zoo’s Savannah Smith tells you about it in the video below.

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The San Diego Zoo tells you all about the Echidna (Spiny Anteater), the Australian egg-laying monotreme. All the information you’ll want and need for the next time you meet one on the street.

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Safari Park welcomes first-ever baby echidna, or ‘puggle’
The young echidna is still small but is growing quickly
San Diego Union | Jonathan Wosen, Biotech reporter | July 2, 2020

It’s a First: A Baby Echidna Hatched at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
The puggle, now four months old, is “gaining strength and thriving.”
NBC4 | By Alysia Gray Painter | June 29, 2020

[Posted by Chuck Almdale]