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Short-beaked echidnas live almost exclusively on termites, although they also eat ants. Echidnas have large claws for breaking open termite mounds (which, in much of Australia, are made from mud). They have long sticky tongues, about 15cm long, with which they catch the termites. Echidnas also look for termites under old, rotting logs, their preferred locale.
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∙ 12y agoWhether in the wild or in captivity, short-beaked echidnas live almost exclusively on termites, although they also eat ants. Echidnas have large claws for breaking open termite mounds (which, in much of Australia, are made from mud). They have long sticky tongues, about 15cm long, with which they catch the termites. Echidnas also look for termites under old, rotting logs, their preferred locale.
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∙ 13y agoLong-beaked echidnas live primarily on earthworms, unlike the short-beaked echidna which feeds almost exclusively on ants and termites.
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Do termites eat echidnas?
No. Echidnas eat termites.
What do zaglossuss echidnas eat?
zaglossuss echidnas eat worms and insect larve.
What don't echidnas eat?
Echidnas do not eat most things. They have a very limited diet of termites and ants.
Do Echidnas travel alone?
they eat they do the eat
What do echidnas do daily?
eat
Do Echidnas eat apples?
No
Where does the shortbeaked common dolphin live?
if bottlenosed dolphins swim together,then the shortbeaked common dolphin may swim together so try looking in the same ocean a bottlenosed dolphin lives in.
What 2 insects do echidnas like to eat?
Echidnas are particularly partial to termites and ants.
When do echidnas eat?
Echidnas like to burrow into termite mounds and eat the termites. They also break open non-termite ant nests and eat eggs/ adults/ larvae.
Where do echidnas get water?
Echidnas obtain most of their water needs from the termites, ants and insect larvae they eat.
"what does echidnas eat"?
termites, ants, snails and slugs
What do Echnidnas eat?
Echidnas eat ants , termites,small invertebrates, worms and beetles.
