READ: Puggles snuggle down in Sydney after rare echidna zoo births “We were quite shocked at what we saw. We really didn’t know what was going on,” he said Thursday.

Echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) are solitary mammals with many peculiar quirks. Out of the four species that exist today, three are the rare long-beaked echidnas, only found in New Guinea. The ...