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Chapter 307 307. Echidna
The burly lizard was no longer afraid of the comparable yellow-billed hornbill. During the escape process, it bumped into three yellow-billed hornbills and got into the flock of birds, disappearing from Su Yun's sight.

Su Yun smacked his lips, it is true that he is a bully.After making some complaints, Su Yun returned his gaze to the moving echidna.

"Let's go back to the echidna. As an excellent engineer in the animal kingdom, the echidna's speed is not as slow as we thought, but extremely fast, especially when digging to avoid predator attacks."

"As we all know, Tuxingsun can burrow into the ground and come and go freely. The same goes for echidnas. The way they burrow into the ground is not like we think of digging forward, but vertically into the ground, and then Move freely.”

After a pause, Su Yun said, "Of course, under normal circumstances, echidnas don't dig the soil. Even when they are resting, they usually occupy the caves of other animals after they rest. There are only two possibilities when digging the soil. It may be looking for food, another possibility is to avoid natural enemies."

"Because the abdomen is extremely soft, compared to the needle pricks all over its back, the abdomen is its fatal flaw."

"So, when a natural enemy comes, the echidna can dive its body into the soil as quickly as possible to protect its abdomen, and then lie leisurely in the soil and let the natural enemy do what it wants, or just disappear in the ground. It's good luck slipping through the soil."

As he spoke, Su Yun gently teased the needles on his back and said, "These needles are hollow and have barbs, just like the barbs on fish hooks. They often attack echidnas." The attacking animals do not fare well, and the end result is that the echidna cannot be harmed at all, but is pricked all over its mouth. In addition, the animals do not have dexterous hands, which results in either the needles falling off naturally or the infection leading to death."

[Then can this thorn be used for fishing? 】

[When I watched Animal World before, a cheetah hunted a porcupine on the African land. The end result was that the cheetah had a mouth full of thorns and the porcupine fled away]

[Directly wearing anti-armor, it is worthy of being an animal that survived in ancient times, and the protection work is done in place. 】

The echidna shook its body and moved away the hand that was stroking its needles. Compared with cats, echidnas don't like being stroked on their backs.

Some termites frantically crawled from the feet of the echidna to the back spines, trying to avoid the fate of entering the belly of the echidna, but they were soon discovered by the yellow-billed hornbill. With a curved beak, it gently pecks at termites the size of a little finger.

Sudden attack, the echidna fiddled with its limbs without hesitation. In less than 5 seconds, its entire abdomen retracted into the soil, and its head also retracted under the backstab. If it becomes a turtle shell, there will be absolutely no sense of drop.

The whole movement was smooth and smooth, and the audience watching the live broadcast room were dumbfounded.

He paused for a while, but after realizing that it was a yellow-billed hornbill pecking at its back, he lazily crawled out of the soil, as if nothing had happened before, and chased after the defeated army of termites.

Su Yun stood up and walked towards another echidna lying on the nest not far away. He wanted to find a female echidna as a popular science object. After all, only female echidnas have pouches.

The echidna in front of me looks much smaller than the previous echidna, about 2/3 the size of the previous echidna, and the whole body is white.

Su Yun slowly approached, crushing a large number of termites along the way, and squatted next to the snow-white echidna. Su Yun frowned and looked at it, "Is this an albino species?"

[Albino?Looks so cute. 】

[Although the gray echidna just now looked cute and cute, it is almost meaningless compared with this albino one. This is the legendary one that hides all ugliness. 】

[Albino Echidna: Shh, don't make a sound, I'm trying to integrate into the termite colony! 】

[Then this echidna must have poor eyesight, and it is also facing a big sun!After all, albino patients among us humans have poor eyesight and are afraid of the sun.Alas, there is a price to pay for a charming appearance.]

Seeing the albino echidna sticking out its tongue for food, Su Yun said, "I don't know if the sun's rays will harm the albino echidna in front of me, but as for the eyesight, the echidna's eyesight is not good."

After a pause, Su Yundao said, "Even normal echidnas have very poor eyesight, and their strength is worrisome, so their main food is ants and termites, and these two animals that live under the soil usually go out." Vibration, and the echidna hunts through vibration, so vision doesn’t play much role for it.”

To explain, Su Yun was wearing gloves and slowly picked up the echidna. Suddenly, the echidna in the air screamed. Subconsciously, he wanted to dig the soil to hide himself, but after digging a lonely, after understanding his situation, The echidna shrank itself into a ball without saying a word.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Su Yun put it on his lap, then stretched out his fingers to gently tease the other person's limbs that were not completely hidden. After a while, with the original 4 points of affinity, Su Yun quickly captured The heart of this albino echidna.

When the opponent stretched out his body, Su Yun laughed, "It's not bad luck, this is a female echidna. Have you seen the crescent-shaped cloth sac covered with coarse hairs on its abdomen? This is the pouch of the echidna."

"As I said before, the echidna's pouch only appears during the breeding season. It is a skin fold formed by muscle contraction and is temporary."

Saying that, Su Yun carefully and tentatively opened the pouch slightly, and then, under the curious eyes of the echidna, Su Yun looked inside carefully.

The drone also pointed the camera at the inside of the baby bag.

【Wow!There is an egg! 】

[That's an egg, don't describe it indiscriminately. 】

[Nature is so amazing, a mammal actually lays eggs! 】

[So, the real dinosaurs are also egg-laying mammals?Is it possible to think so?After all, the TV shows are all speculated by human beings. The little dinosaurs were not born to eat meat, but to drink milk!After all, organs such as nipples do not become fossils. 】

[Why didn’t I see the nipple in the echidna’s pouch!What does the little weasel eat? 】

Su Yun glanced at the barrage and said, "As for whether dinosaurs were egg-laying mammals, I don't know, but I know they must be chordates. As for the point you raised is very good, I am very pleased."

With a shameless compliment, Su Yundao said, "It's true that echidnas don't have nipples, but little echidnas drink milk."

"Then, mother echidna doesn't have a teat, where does baby echidna drink milk?"

With a chuckle, Su Yun said, "The newborn echidna can solve the problem of drinking milk by itself!"

(End of this chapter)