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46 Comments
1/9/2017 02:45:45 pm
This is important because, if they stop getting echidnas, they could go exctinct. And if they go exctinct, that could mess up the ecosystem, and there would only be 1 mammal that lays eggs in australia left (the duck billed platypus).
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Auston Ryan
1/9/2017 05:51:35 pm
I agree that would mess up the food chain Omar.
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Ned
1/11/2017 09:53:05 pm
That is true! We wouldn't have echidnas by now.
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Paul
1/12/2017 09:34:44 pm
I agree Omar the ecosystem would be at risk. Echidnas are predators and prey, all the prey would have a higher chance of going over the carrying capacity, and predators would loose a source of food.
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adnan
1/9/2017 03:25:27 pm
your right omar
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Adnan
1/9/2017 03:28:19 pm
this is important because every thirty years you get new enchindas but now you dont and dont wait a long time for more and australia has more mammals
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If there weren't anymore echidnas, the duck-billed platypus would be the only mammal that lays eggs in the world. Then, the platypus would become rare and people will start killing it for money. So the platypus would become extinct and it would really mess up the ecosystem.
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Auston Ryan
1/9/2017 05:52:44 pm
Oh I never thought about that. That makes sense.
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Dylan O'Malley
1/9/2017 09:15:33 pm
Josh,
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frano
1/10/2017 09:25:18 am
wow i didnt think about it that way
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Alexa Devela
1/10/2017 02:46:16 pm
I agree with Joshua. It will be so sad if these animals became extinct.
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1/10/2017 06:23:19 pm
That would be horrible if that happened. We need to help the animals so that does not happen.
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Adnan
1/10/2017 06:39:23 pm
i never thought of that josh thx for telling me
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Adnan
1/10/2017 07:00:49 pm
Also i think that if we do not have anymore enchina that will mess up the ecosystem.So the duck-billed platapus will be the only mammal that lays eggs.
Tristan Nguyen
1/10/2017 09:11:37 pm
If the platypus is the only animal that lays eggs the ecosystem will be messed up and every animal would die.
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Larissa Mitrache
1/12/2017 05:36:47 pm
I also agree with Adnan because that would mess up the ecosystem
Zach
1/12/2017 06:24:31 pm
Josh
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Auston Ryan
1/9/2017 05:50:26 pm
Wow I found this article to be amazing. What if other zoos could do this too it would make a difference by growing the echidnas population. If the echidnas does go extinct the duck billed platypus will be the last mammal on earth to lay eggs. It will also mess up the ecosystem if they do go extinct.
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Dylan O'Malley
1/9/2017 09:13:19 pm
I agree.
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frano
1/10/2017 09:25:37 am
i agree
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Khloe Buelvas
1/11/2017 04:50:03 pm
I agree auston.
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Dylan O'Malley
1/9/2017 09:11:32 pm
I thought this quote was powerful, "This knowledge will help improve the breeding program even further, which means that the zoo will not have to wait for another 30 years to welcome more members of these delightful animals," as the zoo is developing programs to increase ecosystems.
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Khloe Buelvas
1/11/2017 04:50:42 pm
I agree with you Dylan.
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Zach
1/12/2017 06:31:27 pm
Yah this will totally increase ecosystems It was cool because they were the first echidnas births in 30 long years.
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frano
1/10/2017 09:24:48 am
i wonder if zoos could create a new breeding program for other mammals that lay eggs so there is not so few species in the world.
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Tristan Nguyen
1/10/2017 09:12:55 pm
That would be cool it would become like dogs were the mix breeds.
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Alexa Devela
1/10/2017 02:41:47 pm
This is important because the people at the zoo can learn more about the Echidnas. Now if they see them in the wild they know more about Echidnas.
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1/10/2017 06:18:49 pm
I agree new information about Echidnas is interesting. Being able to learn and observe a new animal is amazing.
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Paul
1/12/2017 09:45:19 pm
I agree Alexa, they probably collected alot of information on how to breed succesfully in the future. They also probably collected more information about the limiting factors and how to stop them so they could grow by themselves.
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AlexD
1/10/2017 03:28:47 pm
I agree with Alexa, because I think that the zoos need to learn more about the Echidnas. I also agree with Auston because I also think that the article was interesting. I can't believe that these animals have different mothers when they are born August 16-30th. In fact I never knew about these animals. You know waht they say, "You learn things everyday!!"
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1/10/2017 06:13:38 pm
This is important because we learned new information about Echidnas. There is not a lot of information on this animal and now it is interesting to observe and see what these animals are all about and learn from that especially that there are not many other animals that lay that many eggs.
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Larissa Mitrache
1/12/2017 05:33:31 pm
Stavroula that's true their are not that many mammals that lay eggs
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Tristan Nguyen
1/10/2017 09:09:04 pm
I think it is important to save this breed because what if this animal makes another whole new breed. If you can get this animal you could trace it down to itś genes.
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Khloe Buelvas
1/11/2017 04:49:07 pm
I was happy that she did it on Spiny anteaters also called echidnas. Plus it is so cool that they are the first echidnas born in 30 years. And now they can learn more as they grow up. I think this is a very good opportunity to learn more about them.
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Zachary Plate
1/11/2017 04:56:35 pm
If the Echidnas were extinct then the duck billed platypus will be the only mammal that can lay eggs. If echidnas were extinct that would ruin the ecosystem and if the duck billed platypus got extinct later that would be really bad for a lot of ecosystems. Since there still here and more just came out and the babies that came out it were the first births in 30 years and it will be increasing ecosystems.
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Ned
1/11/2017 09:57:38 pm
If Echidnas were extinct it would ruin the ecosystem because if the Duck Bill Platypus got extinct a lot of other ecosystems will be ruined. Some other animals can get extinct because if they eat the Echidnas they wouldn't have them and would have less and less to eat.
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Larissa Mitrache
1/12/2017 05:31:37 pm
I thought that this article was very interesting because the Echidna can defend themselves by having a very sharp spine. If they get extinct the the duck billed platypus will be the last mammal that lays eggs in Australia.
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Derek Truong
1/12/2017 07:20:22 pm
This is important because if they stopped breeding enchindias the animal would be extinct the only mammal that lays eggs would be an duck billed platypus. Then it would mess up the food web then the enchindias would be very very rare.
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Paul
1/12/2017 09:20:34 pm
This is important because now we have a way to regain the Echidna population because we know more about how we can breed them sucessfully. The next step would be to place them in an environment with fewer limiting factors. What if the breeding program can help us save more species from extinction? I wonder if there is a breeding program for Amur Leapords because they are on the line of extinction from humans hunting them.
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Eric Dinh
1/12/2017 10:25:55 pm
The echidnas population hasn't been growing since 1987 until now. Echidnas could've gone extinct but then when this special event happened, the population began to grow once again.
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