The short-beaked echidna is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus. It is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, which it uses to catch its insect prey at a great speed.
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Napoleon (1995)
Dot and the Bunny (1983)
Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Bilby (2018)
Taz: Quest for Burger (2023)
Ferngully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998)
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! (2004)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
Walkabout (1971)
Australia: The Land Beyond Time (2002)
Symphony of the Wild (2015)
Nature's Strangest Creatures (1959)
The Wild Life (2016)
The Animal World (1956)
Strange Creatures (2016)
Journey to the Valley of the Emu (1978)
The Earthling (1980)
Kangaroo Valley (2022)
Little Monsters (2019)
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Go, Diego, Go! (2005-2011)
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (2007-2008)
The New World of Gnomes (1997)
Toonimals! (2000)
Dino Squad (2007-2007)
The Creature Cases (2022)
Amazing Animals (1996-1999)
Koala Brothers (2003-2007)
Really Wild Animals (1993-1998)
Sesame Street Shorts
Kratts' Creatures (1996)
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Classics
Seven Worlds, One Planet (2019)
The Life of Mammals (2002)
Life on Earth (1979)
Nature of Australia (1988)
Australia: Earth's Magical Kingdom (2019)
Absurd Planet (2020)
Moody Beasts (2016)
Australia's Improbable Animals (1987)
Bower Bird Blues (1997)
Australia's Animal Mysteries (1983)
Australia: Taking the Heat (2005)
The Wonderful Kangaroo (1977)
The Second Wave (1977)
Up A Gum Tree (1979)
Secrets of the Rainforest (1990)
Tasmania: Weird and Wonderful (2019)
Leo the Wildlife Ranger (2015)
The Search for the World's Most Secret Animals (1989)
Australia's Deadly Monsters (2017)
Wild Australia (2014)
Valley of the Kangaroos (1992)
Survivors of the Firestorm (2011)
Where's Waldo? (2019-2021)
ZooLife with Jack Hanna (1993)
Wildest Australia (2005)
The Nature of Sex (1993)
Platypus: The World's Strangest Animal (2003)
Paleoworld (1994-1997)
Tiny World (2020)
Mega Zoo (2020)
Crikey! It's the Irwins (2018)
Bindi the Jungle Girl (2007-2008)
72 Cute Animals (2016)
Jim Henson's The Animal Show (1994-1998)
Animal Atlas (2004)
The Jungle Bunch (2014)
Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo (1966-1968)
The Living Edens (1997-2003)
Burning Heart (1998)
Australia's Hidden Islands (2017)
World's Weirdest (2010)
The Parenthood Game (1976)
Over Australia (2017)
Baby Animals in the Wild (2015)
Wild 24 (2016)
Crazy Monster (2014)
The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill (2016)
Wildest Places: Australia (2019)
Wild Guess (1988)
Secrets of the Zoo: Down Under (2020)
Australia's Wild Places (2013)
Devil Island (2013)
Nick Baker's Weird Creatures (2007-2009)
Life on Our Planet (2023)
Mammals (2024)
Life in the Wild (1994)
Octonauts: Above and Beyond (2021)
Inspector Gadget's Field Trip (1996-1998)
Madison's Adventures: Growing Up Wild (1992-1993)
Dawn to Dusk (2021)
Animal Weapons (1999)
Hidden Australia (2020)
Animal Special Forces (2018)
Zooventure (1997–2000)
The Wonderous World of Weird Animals (1993)
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Knuckles in Sonic Frontiers
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