Lacie and a spikey friend

[Dan40D]

Went out for a bushwalk today to see what was about, was walking along a track when i heard unmistakable sound of a lacie bashing around in the leaf litter, i spotted him, a smallish 3 foot specimen. He spotted me and dived up the first tree he saw. While taking some pics of him, another much larger one came along as well, this one wasn;t in any mood for photos though and took off.

A bit later on another track i heard some crashing around again, expecting to see another Lacie i was thrilled to see this little fela in the undergrowth.

 

[Tristan]

nice shots mate, what kit you using?

 

[Dan40D]

These were with my old trusty 40D and a 100-400L.

 

[imported_Varanus]

Very nice looking Lacie there; especially like the blue throat and yellow, thanks for sharing!

 

[mysnakesau]

Gorgeous photos Dan. He have a lot of yellow on him? And SPike looks very cute. I love echidnas

 

[abnrmal91]

Great photos. Thanks for sharing

 

[Dan40D]

He have a lot of yellow on him?

Yeah, he was one of the more yellow specimens i've seen, the other one i saw was almost completly black with just yellow flecking

 

[moloch05]

Lovely photos! I am glad that spring has finally arrived.

Regards,
David

 

[pythrulz]

Great to come across some wildlife and a nice wild Lacie good shots too

 

[Daniel_Penrith]

Very nice, i love echidnas they are awesome!!

 

[AllThingsReptile]

-__- id love to find a lacey like that, look bloody awesome

 

[moosenoose]

Really nice photos!

 

[Dan40D]

Thanks all,
I went back ths afternoon to find a bit of branch for an enclosure, managed to see another Echidna.

 

[thomasbecker]

Such beautiful creatures! wish I could see them around my house

 

[Jeannine]

have u ever tried to pick up a spiny ant eater? i had to 'rescue' one one day and when we finally got to the RSPCA they made me wash my hands in the stuff they have there cause i had little holes everywhere that were bleeding so much lol

needless to say they removed him/her from the bucket and into the cage

if there is ever a next time ill know differently, even just trying to grab their back legs to lift them up means a battle of bloody hands, mind you the little girl and her mother who had seen the ant eater the same times as us enjoyed getting up close and personal with it at my expense lol