2013 Australia Bush Babies - Echidna Stamp and $1 UNC. Coin PNC/FDC

2013 Bush Babies II - Echidna PNC. $1 Coin and $2.60 Stamp..
 
The echidna, like the platypus, is an egg-laying mammal. There are only two species of echidna, one found in the highlands of New Guinea, and a smaller species that lives in Australia and New Guinea.
 
Most of the echidna's short, stocky body is covered with long pointed spines which act as a form of protection. When under threat, it will pull its head in and curl up into a ball with its spines on show. lts main predators are dogs, eagles and dingos.
 
The echidna has - an excellent sense of smell to help it locate food supplies, a long snout between 7 and 8 cm - to break up litter, logs or mounds to reach food, claws to dig or burrow it out and a long tongue to which insects and termites stick.
 
The echidna is a largely solitary animal, using its sense of smell to locate one another during the breeding season.
 
This coin, stamp and PNC in pristine condition.