Rare Albino Echidna Mystery Solved by Vet! | Bondi Vet

Dr Chris is confronted with an unusual patient: an albino Echidna. But there's a question mark over whether the extremely rare echidna is male or female!
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[@catlover301]

It's oddly cute how excited everyone is for his lil bingus hahah

[@nathanarbuckle3180]

Having breeding pairs in zoos are beneficial for everyone involved

[@MrGreenAKAguci00]

Ok the animals are cool and all but this vet's jawline belongs in the DC Animated Universe. Dude is an undercover Batman or Superman or something...

[@elizabethkehoe6717]

Animals?😊

[@englishatheart]

While I personally don't find that attractive, he does look like a fair-haired Christopher Reeve.

[@dragonluvver975]

Leo looks like a spiky tiny pillow pet

[@mocat1]

They’re… like …. They are like spiky beanbags. 😍

[@danieledugre1837]

A puggle! Baby echidna is a puggle. My day is complete.

[@carolynrobinson6110]

These two beautiful little baby's are the most adorable little ones i have ever seen . Think you for caring for this beautiful little ones 💕 💗

[@BondiVet]

Thank you for your kind words! Would you volunteer to hug this little one?

[@carolynrobinson6110]

@BondiVet sure

[@englishatheart]

Babies*

[@davyjones5361]

I’d be lucky to see an echidna once in my lifetime, let alone a shiny one.

[@mystic0693]

Knuckles relatives are so cool lol

[@liannebedard5521]

Chris’ mind is a fascinating place. Part serious medical professional, part mad inventor…and a whole lot of class clown. He is one of the best distractions around…and we Americans are certainly eager for a good distraction these days…

[@BondiVet]

We're so glad to hear you're enjoying our clips. Is this your favourite aussie animal?

[@myownwoman7777]

JESUS SAVES. We don't need distractions. We need JESUS.

[@StizelSwik]

@@myownwoman7777 True we do need Yeshua, but still, God's creations are fascinating .... and HE WANTS us to know about what HE'S given us dominion over!

[@bevwinn1369]

@@myownwoman7777 the question is: what does Jesus save? Stamps? Rare coins? Coupons?

[@liannebedard5521]

@@BondiVetChris is my favorite Aussie animal…

[@tmm4461]

I must say all these Australians are adorable.

[@thevocalcrone]

for those that love echidnas.. i'm an aussie and my dad used to work /volunteer in retirement for a conservation group protecting the bilby (another interesting animal).. he was forever complaining about the echidnas because they were trying to protect the bilby from feral cats and they spent a fortune (and a lot of time) fencing off a massive area.. and then... they had to inspect the fences daily because the echidnas would come through over night and if they found a fence, they would dig underneath it to get to the other side and let all the predators in LOL.. apparently they would dig huge tunnels like about 6 foot deep.. 🤣

[@BondiVet]

That's amazing!

[@user-eh2jk6mf9s]

A baby echidna is called PUGGLE!

[@delukxy]

A cross between a Pug and a beagle but I prefer it as a Harry Potter term.

[@unterdessen8822]

Weird. All other babies in Australia (including human ones) are called "joeys" 🤣

[@shelleyoxenhorn833]

Cool bit of information

[@shelleyoxenhorn833]

Bet they could😊

[@angemaidment5640]

@@unterdessen8822no they’re not. Emu babies are chicks (as are all other baby birds), dingo babies are pups, baby snakes are snakelets (universal term), all reptile babies are hatchlings…some baby animals in Australia are joeys.

[@harryheckels7232]

I love how they are going to deliver the news to Leo , when he’s known all his life . 😂

[@bulledereve9824]

That little high five ! 😍

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

Knuckles glitched out again, poor fella. Good thing they confirmed that he is still a boy.

[@gillclark1904]

I didn't even know there was such a beautiful animal. I love this channel ❤❤❤

[@BondiVet]

What do you think about them now that you've met one?

[@shikhab2250]

Leo is so darn cute and well behaved 😊 i bet he was terrified of all these people around inspecting him

[@Weirdboxofchaos]

One of my favourite animals are echidnas and seeing an albino one is amazing even just on video they’re gorgeous!

[@BondiVet]

We totally agree! Echidnas are amazing 😍

[@SM-2702]

Leo is a boy 😂 and Dr. Chris is our hero, he is amazing in every way ❤

[@maggiegarber246]

And a hunk…and I am elderly!

[@melanienewberry2805]

Are the quills like porcupines? Or maybe more like a hedgehog? They’re so cute! I’ve never seen one before. I’m fascinated.

[@gypsylee333]

I think closer to a hedgehog

[@keithfilibeck2390]

Unlike sonic, he doesn't chuckle, he'd rather flex his muscle.

[@PaulA-zp7hn]

If they ever needed an Aussie to play superman (a blond one), this bloke is it.

[@nadianavarro5168]

First time ive seen an albino echidna. Super adorable luv it ❣️. Thank you and youre staff for always taking care of all sorts of animal's ❣️ You're a very awesome aussie vet and you always naturally make the process fun and educational in every episode ❤😀❤️.

[@edralphy]

They are absolutely adorable! Awwww

[@D1lex2]

Hello Bondi vet I am your number 1 subscriber love the video much love from Africa❤

[@Jami-vm1zv]

Poor Leo. How humiliating.

[@Jadedgems]

😅😂

[@aimeecentaine]

This clip has so much going for it: a weird little monotreme, veterinary invention and sleepy high fives from an animal who is clearly coming down from the stratosphere 😂

[@treenajamiethegsd924]

What is sweetheart I wish this guy was our vet

[@mitkoogrozev]

They look so squishy. I would like to hold one for a bit.

[@sandyposs2693]

Fun fact: they can also be really cuddly and affectionate! I remember when I went to a wildlife rescue sanctuary in Tasmania. A staff member entered the echidna enclosure to feed them, and all of them ran up to her, eagerly swarming around her legs. As she was going around feeding them, they still kept following her around like puppies even after they were full, and finally she gave in and sat down on the ground cross-legged so they could all clamber into her lap for the snuggles and attention they wanted. And the ones that noticed me through the clear enclosure barrier ran up to me as well and stood up against the glass trying to reach up to me! I had never realised echidnas have so much personality!

[@AjianAja]

Congrats on being able to breed Leo and Rex! ❤❤❤

[@theeskrungly]

Such a splendid creature. I will take 12.

[@maryjaneshoe-fm4yr]

I love they way they blurrred the ecnidna's unit.

[@rossanabachiorri833]

Dr. Chris is fantastic vet. Echidna is strange animals but is beautifull and sweet little souls ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sandykarsten218]

They are so precious ❤❤

[@cathimummery6873]

I love this vet . Love the beautiful animals

[@Ironbattlemace]

They look so polite.

[@Lori-j8n7z]

Dr Chris is an awesome vet and also coming up with ideas

[@SeidlerDenmark]

Out of the box ideas

[@catharineorellana3522]

Like the Macgyver of Vets!!!

[@BondiVet]

We think so too! Isn't little Leo so cute?

[@rogehnimunoz4327]

Such cute mammals.

[@Andreas-gh6is]

She's a keeper.

[@Babybellabean]

8:09 😂i think he is trying to slap u😂

[@babyIwelcomethepressure]

Knocked out and fondled, then kicked out immediately after. Poor Leo didn't even get any cuddles.

[@Yaya2214CJ]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BubblyBong]

Never in my life have I seen a regular echidna, they are kinda cute

[@wandamateo7903]

I was so scared he wouldn’t wake up 😲phew I’m glad he did 😊he’s so cute 😊

[@TatumGrace-kw5eu]

I love the vibes 😌 so cute

[@littleogeechee223]

So adorable!!

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

I thought human fingers were sticking out of the cage ! Then I saw a tongue coming from the " human" finger and was weirded out ! 🤣 Those are cute. Never have I seen one even in a book or tv until NOW ! God sure is creative and makes such comical creatures ! ☝️🙏💞💞💞

[@GuiltyPleasure72]

So cool! The bits poking out is the crate was a little creepy tho, lol.

[@A8T8T]

It almost looked like a finger with a very long tongue sticking out of it. It definitely tricked an instinctive feeling of “Step back from that weird thing, i don’t know if it’s safe” 😄

[@Nexusbunno]

Why? It’s just the babies nose that claws

[@AuroraMeansDawn27]

"Willy nilly" 😂😂😂

[@TheWonderfulWombat]

They can’t just take a blood sample and sequence the DNA like they do with parrots?

[@lagggoat7170]

Also you need reference data (A DNA sequence with nothing to compare it too is just a long molecule) and I doubt much reference data exists of a rare, weird animal. It works for parrots because they are also pets (and even if you dont have data for species A, you might have some for species B which is related enough to compare to. I worked on a common wild grass yet I needed to use rice and wheat as reference because nobody cared to look at every reed gene. Monotremes are a weird group compared to basically any animal, so you could only compare Echidna to Echidna and the next closest would be platypus).

[@CG-yx8nu]

One of my Australian UNI professors in the US, a very good looking fellow too like this Vet, traced his lineage to a British soldier working as warden at a penal colony, King George Sound, in Australia. His ancestor apparently was sent to Australia after issues such as having a total of eight kids with eight different women back in England: seven were married to other men and one who was not. My professor got in contact with some of said ancestors back in England and has built a good friendship with them throughout the years. The latest ships of Australian criminals were mostly political prisoners or petty crime convicts as long as they knew a trade because Australia was now needing skilled laborers at the time. His ancestor arrived to Australia on 1854, thus being one of the last soldier shipments to work as prison guards, before the transportations stopped.

[@ciklop4206]

Features so sharp they could nick someone 😃

[@DeadMorozzz-hz4lh]

The level of literature tier drama in this video makes it suitable for making a theater play out of it. Bravo 👏🏻

[@sarahgardner7353]

These are so oddly cute😊

[@vanessac1965]

Cute little grandpa. I love them ❤

[@bor3549]

A 'ween' with FOUR heads I do believe. Fascinating in strange way....

[@KimSpurre104]

I saw a picture of one and now can’t unsee it 😂

[@beatricerigaud8942]

Awesome!! Thank you so much, I love this educational video 😊👏👍❤🐈💃🏽

[@TalynCo]

2:00 tell me this is easier than they, it ain't.

[@johndyson4109]

I've always wanted to go to the Land Down Unda! I think Australia is an awesome continent..The male Platipuss has spers on it's hind legs also..

[@cassieoz1702]

"WILLY NILLY" Hahaha

[@ramyhuber8392]

First time meeting an echidnae, how wonderful. Egg laying mammals wow. Modesty was not needed for Leo's sake, though. Wish youtube hadn't nixed it.

[@jonathangoll2918]

Someone may correct me, but platypuses and echidnas are called 'monotremes'. I think that means that they have one exit to do everything with!

[@thomastimbershed9665]

Monotremes arent the only animals with a cloaca

[@thevocalcrone]

it means they are mammals that lay eggs.. they don't have live young.. the young hatch.

[@magroves]

​@thomastimbershed9665 they are only mammals with a cloaca though

[@collinpribula3270]

WOW! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💖💖❤️💓💕💞🥰💘💝💗💐

[@sofiabelts9506]

I think the echidna is an Australian porcupine.

[@SusanCote-n7z]

I've never seen such an animal!🎉

[@rosem6604]

I hope Leo never watches social media. This must be so embarrassing! What would his kids say?!?🤭🤗

[@BondiVet]

We're wondering what would be the best social media platform for Echidnas now 🤔😂

[@rosem6604]

@BondiVet 😂

[@damamae950]

I LOVE those animals!

[@rosieg1603]

Awwwww what a cutie 💜

[@heathermatthews1323]

New word of the day - puggle !!!

[@yasssgawwwd5643]

I was ready for a sword fight😂

[@jojobegood]

❤❤❤ adorable

[@adrievandijk]

Leo is a cutee, but albino's don't get old, don't they?❤😄

[@debbralehrman5957]

Amazing 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@RebeccaBrodie]

Could they not do a blood test?

[@emmabrooker166]

Doesn’t make interesting tv I guess. Less risk for the echidna than going under anaesthesia too. 🤷‍♀️

[@UtubeH8tr]

She found a shiny.

[@hollyhill2045]

Australia's own MacGyver. Lol

[@darlenecarroll3876]

And Leo wakes up thinking he may have been SA 😂

[@robadams5799]

"If you want to know if your echidna is Arthur or Martha." That only rhymes in certain locales. There's no confusion with the gender of that cutie Kylie.

[@VXGaming]

Tickle... sure we'll go with that.

[@edw1n-z]

So this is what knuckles is 👊🏼

[@michelezeigler6167]

I wish Chris could be my dog's vet.

[@cszolee7979]

Watched for many minutes before I realized the good Doctor looks like William Blazkowicz :)

[@theriawilliams818]

I saw something sticking outta there when you first started it was a sticking out 😂

[@RealFarknMcCoy]

That was his tongue.

[@natalie654789]

So no worries of passing the albinism to the offspring? I flunked genetics 😂

[@BobDeGuerre]

Albinism will be passed as a recessive gene, & future offspring could be albino, if the female has an albino parent/ grandparent. Look up "Punnet Square" to learn more.

[@dragonluvver975]

Albinism is recessive, so if his partner isn't albino their offspring is VERY unlikely to be albino. The gene would still be present in the offspring, but it likely wouldn't effect them

[@Mejlynne]

Both parents have to carry the gene and pass it down at the same time for an albino to be born.

[@RealFarknMcCoy]

There is a worry, but they are hoping for albino offspring because they are an animal park and it would draw tourists. It would not be good for the species or the albino offspring, but they don't GAF about that.

[@Nexusbunno]

@@RealFarknMcCoyOh really? Tell me in what way would albinism be “bad” for and animal in captivity? You know, where there are humans who are employed just to take care of it?

[@nathanarbuckle3180]

Albeano. That's funny.

[@Wolfcreed117]

Leo's such a little cutie. It's funny watching her leg go when she gets scratched there.😂❤🦔

[@BestXBox]

That’s super knuckels

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

Are those quills sharp?

[@chesterthewild8025]

Yes. Its how they keep themselves safe from predators

[@thomastimbershed9665]

You sorta have like a bed of nails principal so if you handle them gently with your whole hand you can avoid being pricked.

[@Iamtheiguana]

So wait, these arent hostile or deadly to humans and live in Australia and are cute? Didnt know anything checked all those boxes

[@BondiVet]

😂

[@Riiyan]

He's a Shiny!

[@JONtheULTIMATE]

4. . . .

[@lm-cv9qb]

2:24

[@MrCjosue24]

Knuckle's long lost cousin

[@martintaylor2636]

So cool

[@froggz19]

7:31

[@CalrissianGaming]

Vet, Surfer and Macgyver

[@jadelee6555]

*It's a shiny Pokemon*

[@GriffinWulf]

Wonder why they don't test via bloodwork?

[@jwaseman8487]

I apologize for this comment, I am american and what I first heard at 3:58 made me rewind, did anyone else hear it the way I did?

[@dr0wn_in_s0up]

I think he meant "arsenal" lol

[@Babybellabean]

1:15 alBEno it it alBIno

[@pokealja]

I'd like to let you know that Australians pronounce things differently, if that wasn't painfully obvious, and therefore it IS correct to them. Just because your culture/language doesn't pronounce it that way doesn't mean their version is incorrect.

[@lkf8799]

Why would they want to breed an albino animal? Isn't it a disadvantage in the wild because they can't camouflage from predators?

[@itzquintle9479]

Albinism is recessive. So if Leo doesn't have an albino partner, it's a very big chance of their children being born darker coloured. Also, most times these animals are bred and kept in captivity to work towards getting their numbers up, even if not being able to release them. A lot of times these animals also turn into ambassadors for conscientization about illegal hunting and extinction in schools, to teach kids to be good to animals.

[@aussie_mozzie]

Good question. Apparently it's a recessive gene and both parents need to have albinism to pass it out. Yeah, it might be dangerous but if I remember correctly, the spikes on their backs and their usual solidarity nature should make the possibility of danger less likely, at least when it comes to wild animals.

[@barbaraschild5653]

Can I please touch it and hug it?!😍🤩🤗