Echidnas and their platypus cousins are the only egg laying mammals in the whole world.

(Monotremes)

There are only four species of echidnas. The short-beaked echidna is one of them.

A baby echidna called a puggle is kept in it’s mother’s pouch.

Echidnas are also called spiny anteaters.

Here is a video about them.

Proboscis monkey is a large monkey, being one of the largest monkey species native to Asia.

As a herbivore, proboscis monkeys eat mostly fruit and leaves.It also eats flowers,seeds and insects but less.

An adult proboscis monkey’s method of going to the other trees is to swim there. The youngster’s method is to leap to the other trees.

Proboscis monkeys are only found in the island of borneo.

This is a video about proboscis monkeys.

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Giant pandas are one of the most unique animals.

They are only found in China, native to the country.

Giant pandas are omnivores (meat and plant eaters).

Giant pandas are usually seen continuously  eating  tons of bamboo, but they are  skilled climbers and they are fantastic swimmers.

Some people think these lumbering, chubby creatures are rather cute. But giant pandas are very dangerous .

There are seven species of pangolins.

Ground pangolins,  sunda  pangolins, giant pangolins , chinese pangolins , tree pangolins , long-tailed pangolins and indian pangolins.

All kinds of pangolins have a long, thin tongue.

Tree pangolins can walk on all fours or on its hind legs.  Instead of having teeth, tree pangolins have sand and small stones in their body to help digest food.

Tree pangolin

This is a skeleton of a Chinese pangolin.  Look at how the tail and the head connect to the body.

Pangolin skeleton

Look, a pangolin curled into a ball and protecting itself from predators.

A curled-up pangolin

Sunda pangolins have thick and strong claws for digging in search of ant’s and termite’s nests.

Sunda pangolin