Zaglossus hacketti.
It was the size of a sheep, making it the largest monotreme known to have ever lived. Z. hacketti lived during the Pleistocene epoch in Australia.
WHAT.
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ugh this is so weird. I just finished writing a speech on echidnas for my speech class =_= hello 3am
DUDE. GIANT ECHIDNAS WERE A THING.
WOW