Attenborough's short-beaked echidna is a very rare mammal from the mountains of New Guinea. It belongs to the monotremes, has a long snout, and feeds on worms in forest soil.
Attenborough's short-beaked echidna differs from other short-beaked echidnas in its smaller body size and unique skull structure. It is extremely rare and important for understanding the evolution of monotreme mammals.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
homogamy, reproduction always with fertilization, no alternation of generations
Offspring
Worker
Elders
Protrusible tongue coated with adhesive mucus for capturing prey.
Bro
birth time
Describes the act of excavating soil or substrate to locate or access food.
normal sexual
Taxons
if born as {name}
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
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age
t
When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
rest
Fur color
Close
Egg shell color
was
days
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Venomous
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
centipedes
adult
Maturity
centipedes
primary food sources
Handbag
burrow
Potential Habitat
About health
from 1.2 to 4.8 kilograms, 0.7 – 1.4 meters
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Snout color
Repro interval
results
earthworms
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Gestation
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
land
Colors
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
mo
Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
sticky tongue
No results found
insect larvae
Trophic type
Filters
On the map
lunge
all life stages
Female ♀
insectivore
Upcoming birthdays
protection
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
tongue
birth year
Maturity
Skin color
Age (juvenile)
insect larvae and caterpillars
Age (from birth to death)
sq mm
yr
Age (embryo)
Snout size
Wanderers
digs the soil and catches prey with its tongue
How similar?
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
insect larvae
Where do they live?
mountains
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
Produces toxins capable of causing harm when delivered.
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
Duration
Find a pet...
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
This is me
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
digging
Gamers
Pets
How are they built?
Spines count
mm
Theoretical lifespan
Spines color
ml
Stars
Link copied
My age?
wk
My size?
live centipedes and chilopod myriapods
earthworms
Cool, humid forest occurring on mountain slopes at mid to high elevations.
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
montane forest
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
Claws count
cm
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
active predation
Claws size
turns
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
inhabit and develop on land, outside water bodies
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Litter size
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
world of Australasia
How to care for them?
earthworms and soil oligochaetes
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Where are they found?
Uses the tongue to locate, manipulate, or ingest food items.
embryo
Denotes a mountainous habitat preference.
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Spur size
Observations
◉{N} more on tap