Echidnas' 'bizarre' mating no longer obstacle to successful breeding program

Australian researchers unlock secret of captive breeding of the monotremes and are delighted with births of 14 short-beaked puggles in past five yearsAustralian researchers have discovered the secrets to captive breeding of echidnas, previously thought impossible because of their “bizarre” method of reproduction involving a four-headed penis. Echidnas – one of two species of monotremes or egg-laying mammals – are indigenous to Australia and Papua New Guinea, and although