Rare echidna mating ritual caught on camera on Kangaroo Island
Rarely seen echidna mating ritual which sees up to 10 male suitors form a 'train' and follow around an eligible female for up to six WEEKS before she makes her choice is caught on camera Echidna mating train ritual was filmed by Kangaroo Island local Maren Norris Several male echidnas will follow a female for several days until one remains Female will then reproduce with last male in what's known as the echidna train
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A group of echidnas have been captured on camera performing a very bizarre mating ritual.
In what's known as the echidna train, as many as ten males follow around a female in one long line for up to six weeks with the last man standing becoming her new mating partner.
The phenomenon is hard to come by but Kangaroo Island local Maren Norris, from South Australia, managed to film a group of the spiny creatures right outside her home.
The adorable videos show five echidnas running through a culvert underneath the street and then back over and across the road multiple
