SPIKED by an Echidna!

On this adventure Mark is in Western Australia for the first time tracking down a living spike ball and one of Australia’s most endangered species.
First, he shows you why it’s not a good idea to hold Australia’s spikiest creature, as he's spiked by the Echidna! Covered from head to tail with thick spines this animal’s self-defense gives Mark a hand full of pain trying to present its other interesting features.
Then he sets off to find one of the last living relatives of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger, the Numbat. Will he find one? Watch and find out!
Do you have any endangered species that live by you? If so, tell us about them in the comments and what you would do to save them from going extinct. Who knows, depending on your idea we might come out to film an adventure with you!
Big thanks to Australia Wildlife Encounters for making this expedition possible and for providing permitting and guidance on the wildlife encounters featured.
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The Brave Wilderness hosts and crew are professionally trained and routinely receive assistance from wildlife experts, guides, and safety personnel when filming to  ensure the safety of our crew and all wildlife. No animals were harmed or removed from their natural habitat while making this video. Brave Wilderness has obtained permission to film in each location featured.

[@AMsCantina]

Love these darn video's, never knew I'd be so interested in this sort of stuff. It really opened my eyes to the possibility of working with animals.

[@AmericanIdiotPolitics]

pin of truth

[@tobe3940]

Work both with and FOR the animals. =3

[@contactjennychase]

yes

[@vadim6656]

What an over dramatized channel. so many other videos of other people picking them up without wincing. What a joke.

[@soulessshadow5356]

I love that Mark immediately defaulted to "Knuckles" for it's name. Put a grin on my face along with seeing that adorable Echidna's face!

[@hi3080]

Knuckles is a video game character from "Sonic the Hedgehog".

[@soulessshadow5356]

@@hi3080 Oh I know trust me, I grew up playing the Sonic, especially Sonic and Knuckles & Sonic Adventures 2, and him defaulting to Knuckles and the connection between the two things is what made me smile.

[@Leethepiggypro]

Knuckles getting mad

[@Leethepiggypro]

Fun fact: echidnas have 4 headed dicks

[@idontknow3448]

Coz sonic fight him

[@JAPARICAN50-50]

Mark stole his master emerald

[@gellosalvana7175]

Bro got betrayed by Dr eggman

[@Planetmango48]

Okay.

[@kylewithac1]

Imagine living your life as an echidna and this guy comes sprinting out "YES!!"

[@LeeDee5]

And then you get fondled from the bottom

[@anandukunnath4418]

😂😂

[@tre241]

NOO

[@DodoKing187]

exactly my thoughts

[@queenpurple8433]

Can’t really imagine it considering the animals brain is instinct alone

[@greenknight9000]

Remember, to prevent being spiked by them, the most important thing to remember is: To stay away from their emerald

[@aziatouchsilent8507]

Their chaos one to be more specific

[@svdzcbshf6912]

@@aziatouchsilent8507actually: their master one

[@ThebugRL]

LOL FR

[@Brainm3Iter]

Also don’t let them steal your 7 chaos emeralds!

[@SerathDarklands]

I've always liked echidnas. They're fascinating, even among monotremes. Fun fact: a baby echidna is called a 'puggle'.

[@bigdookie63]

*P* *U* *G* *G* *L* *E*

[@hi-ly3ph]

*P U G G L E*

[@TacticalAnthony]

*_p u g g l e_*

[@awesomegirl5190]

*p u g g l e*

[@Not_Not_Heart_Editz]

*PuGgLe*

[@moozy9157]

How could something so sharp be so cute?!

[@janedoex1398]

It's looks like a bigger, brown coloured hedgehog to me..

[@slitherclaw420]

Mark: "This animal has some of the best hearing in Australia...which is why we have to be so quiet." Also Mark: *"YESSS!"*

[@Furby-luv3r]

Also "AAAGGH" "UGH" "OW" "OW OW OW!!!!!"

[@stevethea5250]

1:10 even hurt my ears .. wtf

[@stevethea5250]

7:40,

[@sulavidinulaka77]

wow. This is incredible. Thank you Brave Wilderness team for educating us by getting up close with Australian critically endangered animals.

[@mikes7446]

Save the poor koalas

[@mrscarter6279]

Came for the knuckles the echidna references.... was not disappointed. keep up the good work guys 😅

[@BraveWilderness]

thank you!

[@noahrodgers9758]

@@BraveWilderness hi I like the snake video letting you know we do have 2 venomous snakes

[@Jarrow_141]

He just met Knuckles in real life 🤣

[@Footballgotdrip]

Don’t we all appreciate the work he puts in for he risk his life

[@joeldavies3531]

not his life but yes

[@jimi02468]

I love how holding an Australian hedgehog makes you risk your life

[@MassantiMuller-bo5wl]

Ew

[@Footballgotdrip]

@@jimi02468 bruh I mean like he gets bite by snake flys and other stuff so he dose risk he’s life I’m not only talking about this

[@hasanabdullah6339]

@@Footballgotdrip by living, we all has a risk of dying.

[@idfkbackoff1]

I've grown up with y'all's channel and I still watch y'all. All of y'all have taught me so much and I am proud of how far y'all have come.

[@danisaas9686]

fr bro

[@theseabunnysystem1127]

Sentence to y’all ratio: 2:4

[@norrock1]

I'm surprised Mark didn't mention the fact that those spikey little mammals lay eggs lol

[@norrock1]

Also not gonna lie. My fat a$$ wonders what echidna and platypus eggs would taste like lol

[@elijahfranklin5337]

​@@norrock1tastes like egg

[@Snekfor1]

@@elijahfranklin5337how do u know that 😐

[@elijahfranklin5337]

@@Snekfor1 I AM HIM

[@rainpooper7088]

@norrock1 They're more like reptile eggs than bird eggs, so it's not like you can just peel them or crack them for an omelet.

[@Skibiditoilrtrizzelerrrrr]

This guy was my childhood I just found his channel again and I'm glad he's still popular and making videos

[@etiennelamarche7796]

​@@Muwufox coyote still makes videos tho

[@gymleaderkeeko6165]

That echidnas face is so precious and it seems so shy I wonder if they look up to knuckles the hedgehog ❤

[@barozukos7791]

🫠

[@AgentAnime95]

Knuckles is an echidna.. not a hedgehog....

[@nizaru100]

@@AgentAnime95 Gidday, Kiwis Do you know that New-Zealand WAS NOT INHABITED BY ANY HUMAN BEING or ANY MAMMAL (Except Bats) , until about year 1200 CE ? New-Zealand Is among The Last BIG LANDS inhabited by Mankind ! YES KIWIS GIDDAY

[@bp340]

Not a hedgehog dummy

[@ImACono]

Hedgehog 😭

[@doodleartlover]

Awesome video, Mark! Very interesting and beautiful animals.

[@SarcasticCupcake223]

We have a lot of adorable native animals in Australia, but I honestly forget how adorable echidnas are. So adorable, yet so spikey.

[@S.I.M...]

Wow Mark! I'm 12 years old and I've always wanted to be a scientist but after watching all of your guy's videos have showed me how beautiful and astonishing our Wildlife is, I'm so going to be a zoologist, and that Ehcidna is One Wild looking animal.

[@Aymen19827]

@MAKOUPROUD im older than both of you and im not sure what iwant to be but id rather not work at all

[@kaisongamr9228]

Just work towards it enough, put enough work into something and it will probably come true.

[@Furby-luv3r]

@@Aymen19827same 😂

[@S.I.M...]

@@Aymen19827 Don't worry, we all say that. But you gotta make money somehow

[@green7449]

Australia has a lot of deadly creatures, but it also has a lot of adorable little buggers.

[@TheFurryMemelord]

I didn’t expect Mark to actually mention Knuckles the Echidna XD

[@FrostVideos]

Gotta love seeing Knuckles irl. Such a cool creature

[@thatcatchat4955]

I love echidnas. Most people dont realize you can pet them (go down their back with your hand, like with a hedgehog, or for anyone who has not handled spiked friends like you would pet a dog or cat down along their back).

[@leaholivia4565]

Makes sense...

[@FWCnetwork]

Lets have a Tiger Adventure collaboration!! That’s gonna be a Thriller!!

[@Dino_Boy.01]

Nice to see knuckles made a collaboration with you

[@d3kxy]

Brave Wilderness always risks their lives to entertain us that how much they love us❤

[@washthedishes12211]

i agree

[@dragnbane]

While I LOVE the videos....I don't see how holding an echidna is risking their life?

[@jeeves_uk]

Bit of a stretch saying they're risking their life...

[@MassantiMuller-bo5wl]

You think they do it for you? 😂

[@d3kxy]

@@MassantiMuller-bo5wl bro they do why do you think they are making videos of wild creatures

[@vwsandvettes3253]

5:07 His little nose is sticking out in almost perfect center of the screen! LOL how ridiculously cute!!

[@Smilingcrittersall]

Can we all appreciate that how he spends his 24 hours to entertain us ❤️✨😊🌹.

[@malikmardini9191]

lol

[@vwsandvettes3253]

What a cute little animal, one of the myriad different ones on the planet. The diversity of life is breathtaking. This little guy was trying hard to protect itself and I don't blame him!

[@mattakudesu]

I've been coming across a bunch of echidna related videos lately, they are pretty cute.

[@Flopper-qw5bg]

This man deserves 2 medals: 1 for being bitten the most, 1 for being alive after being bitten,stung,etc. for many times.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

He deserves the Nobel Prize for fuckwittery

[@kayumust]

10% cuteness 90% pure pain XD

[@tomx6543]

I think Knuckles doesn't know da wae...

[@sadenox]

we need to appreciate this man will do anything for us even get spiked by an echidna 😂😂

[@jenn1234]

This was a great video Mark! The echidna is a cute animal and you should have left your gloves on…..you would have been more comfortable. Maybe you should have brought it some termites 😊. The other animal was awesome too. I just love the adventures you guys go on and I can’t wait for the next one! Take care and enjoy your holiday weekend! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍🫶🏼

[@razalees]

"You little spike ball" was the 3rd thing you wanted to call him! Im pretty sure I know what the first two were 😂

[@garyt133]

We drive round Dryandra to see and photograph the Numbats. Always a challenging day, but they are amazing creatures and so worth the effort. As for the echidna, find one, wait for it to waddle along and get down on the floor in front of it for an epic image

[@nizaru100]

Gidday, Kiwis Do you know that New-Zealand WAS NOT INHABITED BY ANY HUMAN BEING or ANY MAMMAL (Except Bats) , until about year 1200 CE ? New-Zealand Is among The Last BIG LANDS inhabited by Mankind ! YES KIWIS GIDDAY

[@samtamdrum]

bro will have the greatest stories to tell his grand kids

[@vtheg4842]

Won’t have to tell his grandkids if it’s all on video

[@_E3N_]

You've earned my respect and beyond

[@malikmardini9191]

lol

[@MassantiMuller-bo5wl]

For what? He acted like a child

[@_E3N_]

@@MassantiMuller-bo5wl learn why he does this😐

[@MassantiMuller-bo5wl]

@@_E3N_ what are you even saying? 😂

[@_E3N_]

@@MassantiMuller-bo5wl 🙂 how don't you know

[@cubemiro]

its just unbelievable how much effort you put in the video 🎉

[@MassantiMuller-bo5wl]

Shut it mr. Yes man

[@Matt-df8kd]

@@MassantiMuller-bo5wlscumb@g

[@scottforbes0]

Although Echidnas are relatively hard to find, almost everyone in Australia will see one at some point. What this encounter didn’t show, is how they waddle around while they move from A to B. They’re a beautiful creature and quite elusive.

[@sidalexis]

Nice to see Mark carrying legacy 😅

[@ghost17jay]

Thats a cute little Echidna. ❤

[@1991LMR]

"I'm not feeling well, hope you're doing well though" 😂

[@T-zam96]

My pet hedgehog is only a couple pounds and he can be hard to pick up sometimes. I can only imagine the echidna!

[@BlakeDaDinosaur7]

Knuckles is like, "Not gonna show you my cute face because I know you're gonna try to eat my soft tummy."

[@joshuabutson]

The numbat is the state emblem of Western Australia. They used to inhabit half the state, as well as most of South Australia. Dryandra is pretty much their last refuge. Most West Aussies will never see their own state emblem outside of a zoo. Far too many other native species have suffered the same losses.

[@thezapperyt]

He doesn’t chuckle

[@_E3N_]

Keep up the good video 💯

[@Dingustyus]

Does this mean Tails would pee on Knuckles😂😂😂

[@JimmyNGX]

You better not mess with Knuckles or else he’ll break your hand.

[@aneeshtehlwani1425]

10:51 "He's looking right at me" *He's looking in freaking opposite direction*

[@BTM_771]

knuckles is sharp as hell

[@jed_1468]

I’d love an uncut version of this. Beeps and all ahahahha

[@liloreo955]

Knuckles....?😂

[@KenjiWardenclyffe]

Echidnas are literally easy as hell to find in Australia. Just be anywhere near bushland and find them on park walking trails. But I'd personally never ever pick one up 😂 ouch.

[@saimadhu872]

Awesome Video Man 😎🤞

[@BraveWilderness]

thank you!

[@thestarseeker8196]

POV: You’re hiking somewhere in Australia (though why would you?) and come across a man absolutely clutching an echidna for dear life

[@Cgaming01-r2e]

I love your videos the videos like catching ceatures in tidepools, getting stung or bit by insects and making a tide pool aquarium but my favorite videos is you getting bitten and stung by a leafcutter soldier ant and bullet ant I love your channel because you've have experienced many things ❤

[@hams2226]

It is also amazing that you take care all of these and discovering these special creatures. She is really adorable ngl, but she is really special one creature.

[@playerslayer91]

Lake Talquin, Next to Tallahassee Florida, has a high population of alligator snapping turtles. I've unintentionally caught maybe half a dozen of them while fishing. I have a video of one that was very big. Probably 50 + pounds. If coyotes wants to catch big snappers, he should come to Lake Talquin.

[@vwsandvettes3253]

Yep, I used to go there. Lived in Tallahassee almost 5 years!

[@ItsyagirlKeeley]

Brave wilderness: hello how are you? Echidna: bad because of you Interrupting my nap

[@AR_Toast]

Bro took balls of steel to a whole other level 💀

[@grovelandgal1222]

Both of them are absolutely adorable ❤

[@shadowthehedgehog181]

I wouldn't chuckle either, if I knew I was endangered

[@eggman9221]

Pun instended?

[@craigk.235]

That place is beautiful! Numbats are cute, It must have been awesome to see one. The echidna has a cute face, I remember seeing one on the channel before.

[@DanRblxx]

naughty knuckles the echidna

[@LeSkateWA]

I love that youre showing off Australia.. Its pretty sad that the Tasmanian Tiger is extinct and the Numbat is so rare. I wish spider species were endangered really instead.

[@DagoDuck]

So this essentially looks like a large hedgehog.

[@jed_1468]

Mark has had a glow up hasn’t he….. good for him

[@TazzieTiger73]

Hi Brave Wilderness. Fantastic video. Love that you guys included the Numbat, a relative of my beloved Tasmanian Tiger

[@pictaprints9464]

Knuckles is downright adorable

[@_jxrvis_]

No one’s gonna talk about how he picked up the poop😭😭

[@kodiguy3772]

I have never heard of this animal before. It's so cool!

[@yvngchula]

it's so cuteeee

[@ShayyButter]

"what were looking for is pretty shy" also him: "WOAH LOOK ITS THERE!" **screams and yells towards it** :p

[@kara.animecinematic]

I'm gonna nickname that thing the Land Urchin

[@BraveWilderness]

yup!

[@Gabesgaming2]

I deal with animals everyday and I enjoy these vids so much

[@xnasunimc]

the last time I watched one of this guy's video was two years ago and im surprised he's still going and not injured or anything keep doing what you do❤

[@djlamar2]

Mark is definitely a sonic fan because he named the echidna knuckles :D

[@curtmurdurk]

It’s Knuckles

[@janefromtennessee]

Great video. Thank you

[@edenanimates1465]

Knock knock it’s knuckles

[@aswadi1991]

Looks like..Mark was trained by Coyote.. haha..just happy to see one of them as a major host

[@jemilaqueenbee2086]

I love your videos keep up the great work and I hope coyote is okay!❤

[@brynlee8417]

I love your videos so much! They are so entertaining to watch and I love them! Keep making videos like this! ❤❤❤

[@seanbarraclough2484]

There's a company trying to resurrect Thylacine (Tassy Tiger). Colossal I believe the company is called. There are also a few alleged sightings quite recently, and some experts still believe a small number may still survive in extremely remote locations.

[@grimreaper1542]

I'm down in Tasmania, and when it's warm around Summer time, we get Echidna's wonder into our yard. Super cute little guys, eating all the ants.

[@jed_1468]

Please please work some magic and get some platypuses!!!!!

[@alecjoncas7764]

Imagine just grabbing a spiked ball, especially bc it’s moving. Just one thorn, splinter, quill, shard, etc hurts, and the guy took his gloves off😂crazy

[@SlimTheBugGuy]

It looks like a durian

[@aisforannihilation1662]

Hopefully doesn't smell like 1

[@ElderMckinely]

I remember watching your channel years ago and bow I finally found it again!!!! :D

[@acuiesce]

She’s not radioactive bro. Much respect to Mark

[@ronhill8533]

That’s one of the coolest animals I’ve ever seen!

[@mikeywazowskiey2426]

Your coyote Peterson 2.0

[@nizaru100]

Is it "KOYOTT" (like Scott) or "KAYOWDEE" ?

[@mikeywazowskiey2426]

No coyote Peterson the one before him

[@JeysArcade]

I litterally clicked on this video hoping for a Knuckles reference 😂

[@cubemiro]

first

[@Footballgotdrip]

Nobody cares

[@blueoceanbeats]

N o i c e

[@Kaicenatkc3-e8y]

Innit

[@1LUV_F00D]

Cool

[@cubemiro]

ido

[@wolveraspeaks]

I'm just glad he didn't punch you, have to seen the knuckles on... Knuckles?🤣❤️

[@NightShade1218]

He definitely doesn't look like he needs your power.

[@malachiallen1517]

And that's why kids you should never steal the Master Emerald