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Echidnas move in the wild at an average speed of 1.3 km/h
Feature: Echidnas Have a Nose for Ecological Engineering
Christine Cooper
Activity loggers have revealed that echidnas turn over 200 cubic metres of soil each year, making them one of Australia’s most important remaining ecosystem engineers.
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Cool Careers: How to Breed Echidnas
Stephen Luntz
Andrea Wallage is discovering what makes an echidna frisky in preparation for efforts to save the endangered long-beaked species.