They’re so gross but so cute! They look like used Bioré Pore Strips.
Bald Baby Spiny Anteaters
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These are actually baby echidnas, which do eat ants, but anteaters are an entirely different species. The baby echidna is called a puggle, which seems a very Squee! appropriate name for a baby critter.
You betcha, Leslie! I live over by Melbourne, and sometimes we find ‘em in our garden. They’re adorable li’l buggers, but you can bet that when a female trots by a couple of males, she picks ‘em up like leaf litter. A huge squee in my opinion would be to show an adorable little newly-hatched in here. They look like grapes with eyes. <3
But actually, their species name is still called "Spiny Anteater", even though they're not at all part of the Anteater family—however, Short-Beaked and Long-Beaked are in more fashion nowadays. Due to their teeny squish bodies and the presence of a little tail on them, these are "Tachyglossus aculeatus", though whether they're the Acanthion or Aculeatus subspecie is anyone's guess. In general they look alike as puggles, but depending on region they're found born, you can tell the subspecie.
They look like they’re made of scrotums.
When they grow up, Lindsay, they’re covered in quills all over.
But for them to hatch with quills, that’d be counterintuitive to the mum’s laying the eggs. When they hatch, they’re just li’l embryoes, so they need to nurse on their mum for days…they sit in the pouch until their eyes open. So this whole time, they’re sitting in the mum’s pouch, she wouldn’t be happy at all if her little puggles were covered in quills, nor would they be happy either.
Now, these two probably aren’t birth-related, as Echidnas typically have only one young at a time. And if they are in fact twins, they’ve been hyper-nourished for a while.
But Lindsay, say you were birthing a baby who’d be covered in quills when he grew up. Would you be screaming if he had quills at birth? I think anyone would, including the poor mum.
Hedgehogs, porcupines, and Echidnas have no quills at birth. So they all look like that typical thing. Those babies have a nice ring of fat on their bodies, and underneath is the muscle, which makes them look exceedingly plump. They’re short and stocky, but those li’l buggers can pull a lot of muscle strength when they’re adults.
The Biore comment cracked me up.
Now, really. Human babies look like squirming aliens themselves, so it’s not nice to pick fun at a cute animal baby. I personally think whoever wrote the Biore comment has obviously not been versed in Australian animals…or they wouldn’t say something so hurtful.