Wildlife gone wild

October 18, 2022 4:17 PM

An echidna is unexpectedly found at an inner city train station. A wedge-tailed eagle hitches a boat ride to shore after being fished out of the ocean. An endangered bird travels hundreds of kilometres looking for love, and ends up falling for his own reflection.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (7 comments total)

SNOOT
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 4:27 PM on October 18, 2022 [4 favorites]

Didn’t anyone check to see if the echidna was just commuting?
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:44 PM on October 18, 2022

spikey girl!
posted by lalochezia at 5:11 PM on October 18, 2022

Based on stories linked in the FPP links, echidnas can be real troublemakers:

Echidna spikes drinks after late-night rampage through bottle shop

Echidna sparks mystery after damaging hotel room at New South Wales country pub
posted by TedW at 5:40 PM on October 18, 2022 [3 favorites]

Key points:

- After a lengthy trip Jo the bush stone-curlew has taken up residence outside a hardware store in Evans Head
- He divides his time between relaxing under the owner's ute and admiring himself in the shop window
- Jo "growled" at the owner the first time they met, possibly because he prefers his own company
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 6:29 PM on October 18, 2022 [2 favorites]

"It's on that hard surface which probably isn't the greatest place for an echidna to be scratching around if it's out there looking for a feed or looking for one of its friends," he said.

chariot pulled by cassowaries, these are really, truly delightful. Thanks for warming my day.
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 6:32 PM on October 18, 2022

"An echidna at an inner-city train station" sounded like another DALL-E generated image, at first.
posted by gimonca at 10:09 AM on October 19, 2022