https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15b8VBTnq94&feature=player_detailpage
Can’t wait until our little friends start moving around again..
We miss the creatures that spring and summer bring..Al being a regular..
Forrest and Doc of course think i may about to be attacked by a Murdulator..
Well we do live in a town called Barkers Creek hhahahaha
Have a great day everybody and I hope our little local resident Echidna brings a smile to your face.
Fozziemum
Al..
He’s a cutie!
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Thanks Sage he is indeed a lovely little guy π
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He kind of looks like our Porcupines, does Al have quills?
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Hehe yes his quills are actually classed as hair as they are made from keratin like hair..he is a montreme and luckily in Australia we have the only monotremes in the world! he is very sweet and he has a family here that go into hibernation over winter..they eat ants and termites..and being a monotreme means he/she is an egg laying mammal like platypus another sweet Australian creature..and this boy is STRONG! If they dig in you cannt move them…you have to carefully get a shovel and dig the ground around them..we have had to move them from the fenceline away from the dogs yard and boy it’s a battle! they make funny little grunting sounds too hehehe …their babies are called Puggles and they meet up with the same mate each year..just a bit of what I know π
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Things are very unique in your neck of the woods. Fun little names too, like ‘Puggles’. We had our dog get a face full of quills once. It was terrible.
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Ouch poor baby π¦ ..painful indeed ..yes things are fun here hehehe..I just added a close up still shot of him on that post so you can see his quills π
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Oh, I see! Yes very similar to our Porcupines. The Porcupine quills are barbed on the end, so they go in but are hard to pull out. Nasty bit of business. Could thing your dogs are inside a fence! I’m sure Al wouldn’t want to hurt anyone π
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Ouch…I have heard about the porcupine quills…nasty indeed ! these are sharp but not barbed..they do hurt though!!Yes we had to build a big house yard fence so we can enjoy nature and our pets..i am sure Al and his dad Eddy and mum Edwina would not want to hurt anyone..:)
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Aww… we already love Al. He’s to cute π
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Thanks we love him too π miss him over winter..I should have plenty of snaps of him during the season π
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He is super cute, we have Hedgehogs here π xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
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I love hedgehogs..perhaps we can do swappies one day π xxxxxx
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Love Al x
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Thanks moggies..we love him too xxxx
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What an adorable little creature……I’d give him a hug but something tells me it might hurt! HAHAHAHA
Pam
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Hahaahah yes he would be hard to pick up..very strong and digs in the ground ..can’t get him out..and the quills are sharp…he is sweet though π
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Al’s a cutie! Those feet!
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Hehe isn’t he Pix….I adore echidnas π those feet are stronger than any adult male I have ever met!! one tough little customer the echidna π
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Al is a handsome guy! I bet he would be a lot of fun to play with – him and the roo’s. We don’t have your kind of cuties in my magical backyard. But, we do have a family of rabbits that come every year with their off spring π And, of course there is that unicorn back there…. snorts. XOXO – Bacon
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Thanks Bacon Al is quite a sweetie π we have got bunnies too …but no unicorns!!! I wish we did! we do have a ‘Screaming Owl’ which is a weirdo…it sounds like a woman screaming!! people call the police because they think someone is being murdered haahhhaha I am glad our neighbours warned us as when I heard it it was horrid hahaah..we can send one if you like?? hehehehe
Big hugs Fozziemum xxxx
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Snorts – that’s okay. We have an owl that hangs around from time to time. He’s a nice old fellow though. His vocal chords are not as good as they once were so he actually does sound like an owl – who – who. The other night, we all sat on the back deck overlooking our magical kingdom in the back yard that is full of woods and secret places. We could hear the owl and the frogs croaking. We even heard a train whistle in the distance. The moon was bright and it was so relaxing. XOXO – Bacon
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Sounds like paradise Bacon..love froggies! they are a great sign of a healthy environment so your magical kingdom must be very healthy..poor old owl he might need a throat lozenge heheeh lucky we didn’t have a bright moon ..the kitties lose their chees on full moons…boy they go crazy heehehe
XXXX Fozziemum
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snorts – “lose their chees”. OMP – that’s a great one my friend! I must remember it. XOXO – Bacon
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Heeheheehh π hugs to you Bacon xxx
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ouch..ya shirley due knot wanna make al mad !!! N we bee thanx full ewe iz reddy ta haz summer two…pleez…take it !!!!! π
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Ouch indeed da tabbies hehehe he is very gentle though π he just grunts if he is annoyed! yep we will have summer..not too hot though we don’t want bushfires ! π
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I wish I had such a long and thin nose – I could eat all leftovers of boxes and bottles :o)
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And pick locks on doors! would be mighty handy π
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Most appropriate name for you lot π
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Noisy monkeys!! but I won’t even have them an leash near the wildlife,it’s actually a five thousand dollar fine for domestic animals bothering wildlife,but I just think that they should be left in peace…so of course the barkers of Barkers Creek have to tell me how boreddddd they are heeehh π
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Yikes, that’s steep but good to hear they take the wildlife seriously.
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It is but I have to agree..too many people let their dogs chase roos etc..and a roo will kill a dog easily,why would you want to frighten the wildlife anyway..
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Look at that nose. π
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Literally a stick beak! he was giving it a right ant workout..the ants were furious π
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Iz diz Al critter like a hedgehog Miss Bev?? Me finkz he is kinda cute!! We don’t have dat kinda cute here π¦
Nylablue xo
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He is sort of but he is a Monotreme so the females are egg laying mammals! he is cute as the dickens xx
Fozziemum
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Mono…..Monotreeme…Monotreme….Mousiez dat iz a big werd!!! WE iz gonna have to read bout dese critterz fer shure!!! Al IZ bery cute no matter what kind of critter he iz, MOL….
Nylablue n Mum xoxo
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Nylablue you read up and find them fascinating π
HUgs Fozziemum xx
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