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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[I, Vader]

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.

[SeventyThrees_Gaming]

pin of truth

[To Be]

Work both with and FOR the animals. =3

[hii]

yes

[Kyle With A C]

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

[anandu kunnath]

😂😂

[Tre]

NOO

[Dodo King]

exactly my thoughts

[ScottFree1800]

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

[Souless Shadow]

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!

[greenknight9000]

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

[Azia Touchsilent]

Their chaos one to be more specific

[Svdz Cbshf]

@Azia Touchsilentactually: their master one

[David Meyer]

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

[Camouflage Assassin]

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

[hi]

*P U G G L E*

[AnthonyTactical]

*_p u g g l e_*

[awesomegirl5]

*p u g g l e*

[†•★Heart Editz★•†]

*PuGgLe*

[jinnglebombber]

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

[ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

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

[Sarcastic Cupcake]

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

[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

[Elijah Franklin]

​@norrock1tastes like egg

[Snekfor1]

@Elijah Franklinhow do u know that 😐

[Elijah Franklin]

@Snekfor1 I AM HIM

[samarakkodige sandhamali]

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

[๑Snail๑]

How could something so sharp be so cute?!

[Jane Doe X]

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

[pearl..!!]

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

[Étienne Lamarche]

​@Muhwoo coyote still makes videos tho

[Am Real Super Sand]

As a boomer, mine was Steve Irwin, but these fellas are pretty cool too 😉

[ScienceBOOM!]

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.

[MAKOUPROUD]

I’m 15 and want to be a marine biologist

[Aymen198]

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

[KaisongamR]

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

[ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

@Aymen198same 😂

[doodleartlover]

Awesome video, Mark! Very interesting and beautiful animals.

[GymLeaderKeeko]

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

[Baro Zukos]

🫠

[Pikaroo]

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

[Coño!!]

Hedgehog 😭

[Basketball is life]

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

[Joel Davies]

not his life but yes

[Jimi02468]

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

[Massanti Müller]

Ew

[Basketball is life]

@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

[Hasan Abdullah]

@Basketball is life by living, we all has a risk of dying.

[Green]

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

[Idfkbackoff]

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.

[Dani Saas]

fr bro

[The SeaBunny System]

Sentence to y’all ratio: 2:4

[CubeMiro]

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

[Massanti Müller]

Shut it mr. Yes man

[Jenn 1234]

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! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍🫶🏼

[Flopper]

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

[💎-glaze-💎]

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

[That Cat Chat]

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).

[TazzieTiger73]

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

[Sadenox]

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

[Jamie B]

What a great video, I share your enthusiasm and challenges when I’m out looking for porcupines to photograph. Such a needle in a haystack scenario! But worth it😊

[nasu]

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❤

[VWs And Vettes]

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!

[kayumust]

10% cuteness 90% pure pain XD

[Kenji Wardenclyffe]

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.

[razalees ENT.]

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

[arioheroiker]

Mad respect to you for doing that, great video!

[Grim Reaper]

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.

[Brynlee8]

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

[Daniel Irvin]

Thank you for keeping this channel going. Youre awesome

[Rodeo]

Nice to see Mark carrying legacy 😅

[FrostVideos]

Gotta love seeing Knuckles irl. Such a cool creature

[Utopia K.]

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

[Brave Wilderness]

thank you!

[Noah Rodgers]

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

[Robert Daniel Curtis]

Numbat's look like the combination of the squirrel from ice age and the Tasmanian tiger...so cute!

[Broghai]

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

[Joshua Butson]

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.

[JXZ2]

Gotta give a like for the pain he went through 😂 😂

[Adventures with Jay]

Hi!! I live near Charleton SC, this is one of the only places in the world that has dolphin strand feeding, a phenomenon where dolphins beach themselves to catch fish!! I was able to photograph them last week!! Highly recommend visiting this place

[GrovelandGal 12]

Both of them are absolutely adorable ❤

[E3N ツ]

You've earned my respect and beyond

[Malik Mardini]

lol

[Massanti Müller]

For what? He acted like a child

[E3N ツ]

@Massanti Müller learn why he does this😐

[Massanti Müller]

@E3N ツ what are you even saying? 😂

[E3N ツ]

@Massanti Müller 🙂 how don't you know

[Ghost17Jay]

Thats a cute little Echidna. ❤

[Samantha Elam]

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

[Gary Tindale]

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

[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.

[VWs And Vettes]

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

[ThatSweat]

Did you know the echidnas spikes are over 10x more painful than a cactus?

[Sean Barraclough]

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.

[dekxy]

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

[TnTTheBeast]

i agree

[DragnBane]

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

[Jeeves]

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

[Massanti Müller]

You think they do it for you? 😂

[dekxy]

@Massanti Müller bro they do why do you think they are making videos of wild creatures

[Ductktape The Angry Bird Lover]

I really like your videos it's very entertaining, also those echidnas looks like an animal version of a cactus

[Chris From SouthAus]

Little known fact, echidnas have the second largest flea in the world, getting larger than half a centimetre . The largest flea can be found on beavers.

[Ibis]

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.

[JarrowSphere]

He just met Knuckles in real life 🤣

[G ( again )]

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

[Malik Mardini]

lol

[FWC Network]

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

[craig k.]

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.

[Julian Needs Blood]

Such a cute creature!!!! So adorable how it snugged up against your foot. 😊❤

[Araf's Adventures]

Love your videos guys ❤

[Anthony Del Valle]

I love how natural it is that now that coyote is busy doing other thing for the brand he is taking the channel. He knows how to do everything and he preserves the originality of the channel.

[Jed]

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

[The best family in the world]

He looks so different from 6 years ago 😢

[Nick]

I like how he has to throw in the qualifier of the spikiest creature he’s ever touched… “with my bare hands.”

[Marios Sioros]

Near my city in Greece we have sea animals that are extinct... a caretta caretta turle also know as loggerhead sea turtle and also monk seals also known as monachus monachus and its great to see people actually respecting the animals privacy... you think you could film a video about it?

[Γιώργος Π]

It would be awesome

[Mia Lazarine]

I would love to see a Tiger Episode by the way I love these kinds of videos with animals It really brightens up my day seeing these!

[Noah Gilman]

Hey brave wilderness, can you do a episode on the bush viper I feel like it would look very cool up and close to the cameras If you could capture it without getting injured. Love you videos btw you are 100% the best KZbinrs

[DefinitelyDaveMiller]

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

[8 Cut Strings]

Honestly it would be awesome if you guys did an episode about the reintroduction of beavers to Cornwall.

[Jack Moore]

Hi Mark I've watched a lot of your videos with Coyote Peterson and I've just notice that you guys have not done a video on a Duck-billed Platypus yet. Are you going to be looking for them as well?

[Gavman's Workshop]

Seen the tassie twice, my father present for both and he saw one in around 1991 in the coco Creek. The way that thing lopes along to gain ridiculous speed is hard to describe but, here I go: The back legs propel the animal forward, while they retract for another propulsive push, the front legs "run" like mad keeping momentum. A kangaroos spring with a dog's ability to run like hell. That face, when those Jaws open its something else but the creature is fearful like a fox but will slam a roo like I slam a beer on a Friday night. That was the short version.

[Khairul Aswadi]

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

[TigerSt0rmz]

bro will have the greatest stories to tell his grand kids

[VtheG]

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

[White_Pointer Gaming]

No mention of the fact the Echidna is one of only two known monotremes, meaning mammals that lay eggs (the other being the Platypus)? Also fun fact, a baby Echidna is called a puggle.

[Leethepiggypro]

Knuckles getting mad

[i don't know]

Coz sonic fight him

[JAPARICAN 50-50]

Mark stole his master emerald

[Gello Salvana]

Bro got betrayed by Dr eggman

[48planetmango48]

Okay.

[Never_Know_Best]

Bless this man

[E3N ツ]

Keep up the good video 💯

[Mobius Productions]

This exotic animal is known to reside on a floating island high in the sky with some other goobers known as the ‘Chaotix’.

[Tyler Carnegie]

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

[Landre Halterman]

So cute but so sharp!

[Erica N. Padilla]

Bro y'all are brave as heck

[J Jasper]

Thank you for your sacrifice, that was a very sweet face!

[Lauren]

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

[🎮JackPlayz_Gaming🎮]

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 ❤

[VWs And Vettes]

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

[rio]

The echidna are like defensive versions than a porcupine.

[Benjy Sparky]

Mark you rock! Peace

[Stagger]

Think I’m gonna say this on behalf of 99.99% of people when I’m saying this Mark, *(don’t worry we won’t try this, even if the opportunity comes along)* but nice job mate 👍🏻

[Proud Mizzou Fan .#TigerStyle]

The Echidna is Bindi's favorite animal.

[Gavman's Workshop]

They look so cute when they walk along. On tiktok I uploaded a video where I'm in my log truck and gave way to one of those spikey little squishes. Made sure fluff crossed the road safely (._.)

[Zane Kitsune]

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

[The Starseeker]

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

[shadowthehedgehog181]

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

[Logan Gray]

I would like to see a video about hedgehogs. I've watched brave wilderness for years and am kinda surprised you guys haven't made a video about hedgehogs yet:/

[BobPlayzGamez]

he has

[Logan Gray]

What's the title of the video? because I've searched and searched but never found one.

[Mactownization]

He's going through so much pain this video lol

[Étienne Lamarche]

We have copper redhorses in southern Québec. They are endemic and pretty rare!

[ToastyCrunch]

Bro took balls of steel to a whole other level 💀

[Dago Duck]

So this essentially looks like a large hedgehog.

[Alec Joncas]

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

[κn1gнτ]

im still surprised this guy is alive