Iconic Aussie 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 Tim the Yowie Man viewer caught on camera.

Transcript

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. However on hot days echidnas also don't mind a dip in our waterways

00:15including our dams and rivers and also even the ocean. Tyson Powell captured this video of an

00:24echidna at the Murrumbidgee River just below Shepard's Lookout in Holt in the ACT and as you

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

00:42Look at him go! Echidnas swim to play, to groom, to cool off and in this case to get to the other side

00:52of the river.

01:22Here you go.

01:23Here you go.

01:42mmm

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended