Echidna caught taking a surprise swim

The Canberra Times

Echidnas have been popping up in unexpected places across Australia, revealing quirky behaviours that even seasoned wildlife watchers do not expect. Here's what one ACM viewer caught on camera.

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00:00When most of us think of echidnas, we think of a spiky creature wobbling through the bush

00:07or across a road like this.

00:10However, on hot days, echidnas also don't mind a dip in our waterways, including our

00:16dams and rivers, and also even the ocean.

00:22Tyson Powell captured this video of an echidna at the Murrumbidgee River, just below Shepherd's

00:28lookout in Holt, in the ACT.

00:32And as you can see, an echidna can use its backward-pointing feet as rudders and its long snout as a snorkel.

00:42Look at him go!

00:45Echidnas swim to play, to groom, to cool off, and in this case, to get to the other side

00:52of the river.

00:58So, let's get started.

01:04So, let's get started.

01:08So, let's get started.

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