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Echidna CSI

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8313 7514

Address: Room 2.14 Molecular Life Sciences Building, University of Adelaide 5005 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://grutznerlab.weebly.com/echidna-csi.html

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24.01.2022 Thanks to the Threatened Species Commissioner for spreading the word about our project!

24.01.2022 Do you have baking skills you want to show off? We have a fun challenge for you! It's the time of year for the Threatened Species Commissioner’s yearly bakeoff and we want to see how many echidna entries we can get in! This bakeoff is to commemorate Threatened Species Day on Monday 7th September. The Kangaroo Island echidna has been listed as endangered since 2015 - there’s very little widespread recognition of this and we’d like to change that. The rules? Simply bake someth...ing echidna related - whether it be a cake that looks like an echidna or some echidna-shaped cookies (let your imagination take over). Then post a photo of your masterpiece to any social media platform by next Tuesday 8th September with the hashtag #TSBakeoff and also tagging the Threatened Species Commissioner and EchidnaCSI (so we can see your entries too!). As well as your entry going towards the bakeoff competition, we'll share your photos in our next newsletter coming up soon. The EchidnaCSI team will be participating too so we’ll be sure to share our masterpieces (or maybe failures - we’ll see how it pans out ) next week. This photo is of a honey biscuit created by Coral Duncan on Kangaroo Island who has created her very own echidna cookie cutter (how cool!). The cookies were shared to our lab by Peggy Rismiller and were absolutely delicious! To enter remember to: - Submit photos on social media by 5pm next Tuesday the 8th September - Use the hashtag #TSBakeOff & tag the Threatened Species Commissioner - Tag EchidnaCSI so we see them too! For more information visit: https://www.environment.gov.au//thr/commissioner/tsbakeoff or have a look at the Threatened Species Commissioner's page for other entries and ideas. Happy weekend of baking!

24.01.2022 Today (Sept 2nd) in 1884, Dr Wilhelm Haacke from the South Australian Museum reported his discovery (made on Aug 25th) of an egg in the pouch of an echidna he had obtained from Kangaroo Island. Once abundant, echidnas on KI are now endangered. Download the EchidnaCSI app to submit your own sightings and scats. See our website for more information: https://grutznerlab.weebly.com/echidna-csi.html

20.01.2022 This fantastic photo was taken on the NSW coast. The echidna was spotted right next to a whale-watching platform. We don’t know if any whales were seen that day, but our citizen scientist certainly had an up-close experience with wildlife! It’s always exciting to get such a great photo, so be sure to submit your own! Download the EchidnaCSI app to submit your own sightings and scats. See our website for more information: https://grutznerlab.weebly.com/echidna-csi.html

19.01.2022 Getting up close to an echidna is a special experience, this pic was taken in Tenterfield, NSW. Just remember at this time of the year it’s especially important to not relocate echidnas as they may have young in a nursery burrow that they need to return to and feed 3 years on and we are past 9500 submissions - getting close to that 10,000 mark! We're preparing something special for the occasion Submit your echidna photos by downloading the EchidnaCSI app or visit our website for more info: bit.ly/echidnaCSI

17.01.2022 Sound on! Echidnas are silly Promise that no echidnas were harmed in this video - they are surprisingly sturdy and resilient and usually fantastic climbers Original video is by Dave Graney, check it out here: https://twitter.com/davegraney/status/1351093277592850433

16.01.2022 On this day (Sep 4th) in 1884 The Advertiser reported on Haacke’s remarkable discovery of an egg in the pouch of an echidna from Kangaroo Island. 136 yrs later, many fundamental insights have come from studying echidnas on Kangaroo Island As a wonderful coincidence, EchidnaCSI is also 3 years old today! Much of the Kangaroo Island community have been a great supporter of EchidnaCSI, with their very own echidna expert Dr Peggy Rismiller as a key member of our team. Keep your sightings and scats coming! Download the EchidnaCSI app and visit our website to see how you can get involved in echidna research and conservation: bit.ly/echidnaCSI

16.01.2022 This colourful chap was found outside Melbourne with a bad case of fly-strike. A local wildlife carer sprayed him down with Cetrigen. They were spotted a few days later, so hopefully they're on the mend! Download the EchidnaCSI app to submit your own sightings and scats. See our website for more information: https://grutznerlab.weebly.com/echidna-csi.html.

15.01.2022 Look at the locations of lovely Echidna CSI submissions so far for November.. the western half of Australia, we need you!! Looking forward to lots more recorded sightings from happy days in Victoria Fingers crossed for Adelaide Can someone beat the current most northerly sighting? Let's make a Northern November record Download the EchidnaCSI app to submit your own sightings and scats See our website for more information: https://buff.ly/2YSmbPW

14.01.2022 This little guy comes to you from the outer suburbs of Melbourne! We’re so happy to see our Melburnian echidna spotters out and about again Make sure you download the EchidnaCSI app to submit your own sightings and scats. See our website for more info: buff.ly/2T2i283

12.01.2022 As we come to the end of October we have had a whopping 266 data submissions this month! Here are a few of the great pictures taken to highlight the incredible differences in spine and hair colour across various regions in Australia! Don’t forget if you’d like to submit an echidna sighting or scat to help with their conservation, download the EchidnaCSI app or visit our website for more details: bit.ly/echidnaCSI

11.01.2022 We are thrilled to tell you that EchidnaCSI has received over 10,000 submissions! Thank you to everyone who has submitted a sighting, sent in a scat or supported the project in any way. We couldn’t have done this without you! Thanks also to the EchidnaCSI team for their dedication. Click here to try and find your submission in the image below (we’ve included over 1000 sightings!): buff.ly/3fZja5Q... Australian Citizen Science Association Atlas of Living Australia Threatened Species Commissioner The University of Adelaide The Environment Institute

07.01.2022 This fuzzy fella was spotted just outside of Hobart. The thickness of echidna fur varies greatly across Australia; being short and thin in arid areas, and long and fluffy in cooler areas. Download the EchidnaCSI app to submit your own sightings and scats. See our website for more information: https://grutznerlab.weebly.com/echidna-csi.html.

07.01.2022 Meet ‘Quack’ the duck and her big, fluffy friend. You may not think these two have a lot in common, but did you know that monotremes, including echidnas are the ONLY egg-laying mammals discovered? Peter Hatswell Kangaroo Island... Download the Echidna CSI app to submit your own sightings and scat. See our website for more information: https://buff.ly/2YSmbPW #EchidnaCSI #citizenscience #echidna #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #conservation #sciencecommunication #australia #nature #naturelovers #wildlifephotography #environment #research #universityofadelaide #bushwalking #outback #australianwildlife #australia #animals #wildanimals #science #biology #monotreme #naturephotography

05.01.2022 We have recently received several sightings of suspected albino echidnas. However, if you look closely you can see some pigment present in the eyes, beak and claws. So, even the gorgeous colouring seen on this echidna is actually a very light blonde! : Lisa Treloar Download the EchidnaCSI app to submit your own sightings and scats... See our website for more information: https://buff.ly/2YSmbPW #EchidnaCSI #citizenscience #echidna #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #conservation #sciencecommunication #australia #nature #wildlifephotography #volunteer #volunteering #environment #research #universityofadelaide #australianwildlife #australia #animals #wildanimals #science #biology #monotreme #naturephotography #blonde #albino

03.01.2022 Tahlia Perry, the creator of EchidnaCSI, recently completed her PhD. Congratulations Tahlia Her project was centred around EchidnaCSI and used hundreds of the echidna scats sent in by our lovely participants to research the echidna microbiome across different habitats (including wild, captive and bushfire-affected animals). She also analysed the project itself as a method for engaging the public in science. The whole EchidnaCSI team is very proud of Tahlia and everything she's accomplished

02.01.2022 We’ve had a whopping 80 sightings over the past week! Thanks to everyone who has submitted their photos. This beautiful echidna was found just outside of Melbourne in the Dandenong Ranges. Download the EchidnaCSI app to submit your own sightings and scats.... See our wesbite for more information: buff.ly/2T2i283 See more

01.01.2022 Check out these amazing echidna baking creations! A couple weeks ago we put out a call to enter the Threatened Species Commissioner's yearly #TSBakeOff to raise more awareness of echidnas as a threatened species and you really did pull through. Do you have a favourite?? The theme for this year's bakeoff was 'threatened species you find in your backyard'. This is very fitting as EchidnaCSI began because of that very reason: the average person was seeing echidnas pop up in thei...r own backyards more frequently than us researchers could spot them! And now we have location information from almost 10,000 sightings of echidnas across the whole of Australia because of you! Because of this historical lack of data, only the Kangaroo Island echidna has been listed as endangered. Even though echidnas across the whole of Australia face the same threats, all other populations are still listed as 'least concern'. The issue with this is that without recognition of a species being threatened there are no conservation plans or actions put in place at a state or federal level to protect them and we want to change that. A big thank you again to all those who made cakes, biscuits, cupcakes, bliss balls and more baked goods - it isn't easy making these look like echidnas and there are some absolutely amazing works of art here Don't forget if you see an echidna or a scat then submit through the EchidnaCSI app (free to download) & see our website for more details: bit.ly/echidnaCSI