For mammals like echidnas and kangaroos, the water proved too great a hurdle.

对于针和袋这样乳动物来说，海水是一个非常碍。

Only two kinds of mammals, the platypus and the echidna, lay eggs.

只有两种乳动物，也就是鸭嘴兽和针产蛋。

There were once hundreds of monotreme species, but there are only five left: four species of echidnas and the duck-billed platypus.

曾经有好几百种单孔目乳动物，现在仅存5种：4种针和鸭嘴兽。

Back on the road It didn't take long until we ran into one of Australia's weirdest animals: the echidna.

返回路上 没过多久，我们就遇到了澳利亚最奇怪动物之一：针。