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A female echidna lays her egg directly into a pouch on her abdomen.
During breeding season, the female develops a rudimentary pouch which is really just a flap of skin. When it comes time to lay her egg, she curls tightly into a ball and lays it directly in this pouch, where it is incubated for around 10 days. The young emerge blind and hairless, and stay in the pouch, suckling for two to three months. The young echidna is transferred to a burrow when it begins to develop sppines.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoEchidnas do sometimes shelter in burrows, but they are more commonly found living among rocks, in hollow logs and in holes among semi-exposed tree roots.
Female echidnas, which develop a rudimentary pouch during breeding season in which they incubates their egg, dig a burrow to shelter the young echidna when it begins to develop its spines.
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∙ 10y agoYes, they do. Echidnas are quick and efficient burrows, digging in the soil almost horizontally as soon as danger threatens. The female also transfers her baby to a burrow when its developing spines become too sharp for her temporary pouch.
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∙ 14y agoThe echidna usually lays a single egg in a pouch that it develops during breeding season.
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∙ 11y agoEchidnas do not make nests, but they do dig burrows.
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∙ 12y agoYes. The echidna, like the platypus, is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
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∙ 10y agoEchidnas do not build or live in nests. Echidnas may shelter in hollow or rotting logs; they may dig burrows; or they shelter under bushes.
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Do echidnas live by themselves?
Yes. Echidnas are solitary animals.
How many echidnas live together?
Echidnas are generally solitary animals. They do not live in groups.
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.
Can echidnas live around limestone?
it is unlikely. Echidnas can live anywhere there are termites and ants, and termites (the echidnas' preferred food) are only found near vegetation.
Do Echidnas live in Brisbane?
Yes: echidnas certainly do live in the many bushy reserves in and around Brisbane, Queensland.
Do echidnas live in Portugal?
No. Echidnas are found only in Australia and the island of New Guinea.
Do Echidnas live in Brazil?
No, echidnas are found only in Australia and on the island of New Guinea.
What countries do echidnas live in?
ehcdnas live in australia.
Does an echidna live underground?
Echidnas do dig burrows underground, but they do not necessarily live there. These burrows are usually for the purpose of incubating their young. Echidnas refer to live among rocks or under thick bushes.
Do echidnas give birth to live young?
No. Echidnas are monotremes, meaning they are egg-laying mammals. They do not give birth to live young, but lay eggs in order to reproduce.
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