Hitchhiking echidna nicknamed 'Toasted' after 10km ride in engine cavity

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A hitchhiking echidna is almost ready to be released back into the wild after surviving a 10-kilometre car ride on the vehicle's engine.

It emerges with burned spines and is taken into careChrisy Clay from Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers said the adult male echidna suffered burns during the journey on the New South Wales north coast earlier this month.

"The driver had seen the echidna earlier, but when she checked around the car a few hours later and couldn't see it she thought it had moved on," Ms Clay said. "So she jumped in the car at Lennox Head, drove to East Ballina and it was only when she stopped that people actually saw the echidna emerge from underneath the car.""It had to be somewhere it could hold on, because it was in the car for about 10 kilometres and it also had to be near something hot … because we could see a patch of burned spines," she said.In good hands: Northern Rivers Wildlife Carer Chrisy Clay with 'Toasted' the hitchhiking echidna.

"My daughter names all the echidnas that come into care, and she's affectionately called him Toasted."

 

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