The long-beaked echidna is an endangered animal that only lives north of Australia, on New Guinea and nearby islands.
VOA: special.2009.07.07
They say it will help scientists better understand how to protect long-beaked echidnas and the areas where they live.
VOA: special.2009.07.07
Two long-beaked echidnas, primitive egg-laying mammals, even allowed scientists to pick them up and bring them back to their camp to be studied, he added.