Home Topics Wildlife Watch an echidna hatch in this vintage CSIRO clip

Watch an echidna hatch in this vintage CSIRO clip

Image credit: CSIRO

After hatching, the young echidna stays in its mother’s pouch for up to 63 days. When the spines appear, the mother places it in a nursery burrow.

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