Found this beauty in the bush

[ron]

Lucky to find this once in a lifetime!
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[user 22230]

Why didn't you pick him up ? He was close enough

 

[Dave79]

I've heard about albino echidnas ,but never been lucky enough to see one. Awesome!

 

[Dave79]

Why didn't you pick him up ? He was close enough

Because they're prickly!!!!

 

[grubstake]

I've heard about albino echidnas ,but never been lucky enough to see one. Awesome!

It isn't an albino. Albinos are pure white - very different to this fellow.

 

[user 22230]

Come across quite a few up here which could perhaps be due to the abundance of restaurants available to them

 

[ron]

I've heard about albino echidnas ,but never been lucky enough to see one. Awesome!

Hey Dave
Stu and Warren saw the critter & I grabbed the fone and went after him. Solid lil' bugger!!

 

[hAyyoUinAU]

It isn't an albino. Albinos are pure white - very different to this fellow.

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Nah, he is right. It is an Albino Echidna, well done mate. Rare find

 

[hAyyoUinAU]

https://www.9news.com.au/national/r...t-by-car/964ceb35-d951-4bc3-a2c8-f4069929f9cc
Clearly looks just like yours mate. Also grubstake, you posted pics of albino echidnas and they are also not pure white. They don't have to be PURE white to be an albino species.

 

[geof_junk]

I have done a lot of Bushwalking on and off tracks in all Australian States. The only time I have seen one was at Wilson Prom. 20 years ago with my blond niece. I told her they were rare and that she must of attracted it with here blond hair. It is not hard to pick one up if you can get your hands under it before it starts digging.

 

[user 22230]

Nah, he is right. It is an Albino Echidna, well done mate. Rare find

Get out of it, thats photoshop ? Either that or Either or iether nice to come across on any given day and good to see Ron just let it continue upon it's merry way

 

[geof_junk]

Get out of it, thats photoshop ? Either that or Either or iether nice to come across on any given day and good to see Ron just let it continue upon it's merry way

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My niece did not use your bleach.

 

[user 4485]

Looks to be more of a Blonde Echidna vs Albino?

Albino: From its fur to its pointy spines, it’s a brilliant white colour, with a pink snout and blue eyes.

Albino echidnas are rare, but not unheard of. Several years ago, an orphaned white echidna was rescued and re-homed at Symbio Wildlife Park, where he was named ‘Leo’ and has been known to hang around with a similarly rare white kookaburra.

Don’t confuse albino echidnas with the blonde echidnas of Flinders Island, though! Blonde echidnas are known for their light-coloured hair and spines, but they still retain pigmentation that echidnas like Leo do not. Blonde echidnas tend to still have dark noses and eyes, for example.

Ron's echidna appears to have the Blonde Echidna dark nose (grey), feet & eyes.
A true albino would have pink nose & feet + pink or blue eyes.

As per above the Blonde Echidnas are more common on Flinders Island & Kangaroo Island but are found on mainland areas too.

Either way it's a rare & nice animal to spot in the bush. A big brute too.

 

[grubstake]

Albino echidna:



The other interesting thing about Ron's Echidna, is that it has the characteristic colder climate thick coat vs most mainland ones with less coat, which makes them look like they've got more prickles:

 

[Dave's Office]

Great find Ron, should win the Find Of The Month competition.

 

[RM Outback]

Awesome find Ron definitely one to tell the grandkids about.

 

[hAyyoUinAU]

Yeah I paused it and looked, when in sunlight and not in shade, I thought his feet do indeed look pinker or lighter and so does the nose. So I still think it is indeed albino. Anyway, great find nonetheless. I have only seen one echidna out in the wild, and it was sleeping.
Is pinker a word? lol. Spell check seems to think it is. lol

 

[Dave's Office]

Yeah pinker is definitely a word, there was a really good racehorse called Pinker Pinker, Greg Uerell trained it.

 

[user 22230]

Yeah pinker is definitely a word, there was a really good racehorse called Pinker Pinker, Greg Uerell trained it.

100% a word, it's when something is more pink than just pink it's pinker

 

[grubstake]

Sighting of white echidna in the Tasmanian wilderness rare, but likely not an albino, experts say:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...a-sighting-cradle-mountain-tasmania/103013680