   18 Responses to “Baby echidnas are called puggles and they
are ADORABLE”    1. Sekino says:      They definitely have a
tardigrade-like cuteness.    2. OldBrownSquirrel says:
Little dairy Hoovers!    3. OldBrownSquirrel says:      Y’know,
what I’d really like to see is video of one of those things
*hatching*.    4. John Radi says:      Sorry, but echidnas are
enough to convince me to figure out how to filter out future
echidna related posts..  Isn’t there a chrome plugin for that?
5. that_music says:      uhhh… that “fifth leg” you can see in
this video is actually its tail…     From the NatGeo article you
linked to: “A male’s echidna’s crown jewels are all stored
inside his body so from the outside Grumpy looks like a lady.”
@boingboing-30649c91c86ba5388e401109501718ff:disqus this is
probably as close as you’re going to get, since the egg actually
hatches *inside* the mothers pouch.    6. hughstimson says:
Wait. At the end. Why does she put it in a box? Do they store
them in boxes?