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Australian Wildlife: Echidna

1980

Australian Wildlife: Echidna

1980

  • NFSA IDCXN1RP18
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormSeries
  • Duration26 mins
  • GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
  • Year1980

This episode from the series Australian Wildlife focusses on the echidna. The echidna is a monotreme, like the platypus. Monotremes are the only mammals whose young are hatched from eggs. The film shows the habits, feeding, burrowing and growth of this mammal.

This episode from the series Australian Wildlife focusses on the echidna. The echidna is a monotreme, like the platypus. Monotremes are the only mammals whose young are hatched from eggs. The film shows the habits, feeding, burrowing and growth of this mammal.

  • Director
    John Shaw
    Producer
    John Shaw
    Production Company
    Film Australia
    Cinematographer
    John Shaw
    Narrator
    Anne Haddy
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