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No, it's not a bald pink mole or a whoopee cushion with legs. This everyone is a puggle.
While we decide if this alien-like creature is ultra cute or ridiculously hideous - let's
learn a bit more about it.
The puggle is a baby echidna, which is sort of like a hedgehog...
crossed with an anteater.
It's one of only 24 ever born in captivity in the world.
The 30 day old animal was born at Australia Zoo in Queensland...
Made famous by the late Steve Irwin.
The zoo it's doing fantastically under the care of its mother, Tippy.
But soon it will start to develop spikes, meaning it will be too painful for Tippy to
carry her offspring. The puggle will then blossom from an ugly duckling to a roaming
echidna.