So... what you're saying is, I looked into the future, copied your post, then went back to the past and posted it first... Seems legit.
The platypus just swooshed around in the river bed and dirt looking for food and the echidna tucked itself into a little ball of spikes and waited for us to go. He was adorable. I did pat him though like the spikes. They feel like big prickly fingernails. and he had little adorable black button eyes and small nose. It was beautiful.