Echidnas blow snot bubbles and do belly flops to keep themselves cool in the Australian heat, new research has found. The native animals are believed to be less tolerant to hot weather than other ...

The spiny insectivores stay cool by blowing snot bubbles, researchers report January 18 in Biology Letters. The bubbles pop, keeping the critters’ noses moist. As it evaporates, this moisture ...

Snot bubbles may help a short-beaked echidna cool off by coating the critter’s nose with moisture, which evaporates and draws heat from a blood-filled sinus, helping to cool the blood ...

This is an echidna and although they look a bit like a hedgehog, they're not actually related! Next time you're feeling a bit too hot, why not make some snot bubbles and belly flop on the floor?

Researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia have found that the spiny creatures blow wet bubbles of snot out of their noses to prevent overheating. It gets very hot in the Australian ...

Researchers from WA have discovered echidnas blow snot bubbles to cool a pool of blood at the top of their elongated beaks. They also perform belly flops on cool surfaces, according to the ...