No. Echidnas are protected native animals. It is illegal to have one as a pet.
No. Echidnas are protected by law, and only registered animal sanctuaries or zoos may have them.
Echidnas, like most wild animals, avoid socialising with people. They are solitary animals, best left alone. They will never attack, however.
No. Echidnas are not hostile to people or other animals.
Echidnas are particularly partial to termites and ants.
Yes. Like all mammals, echidnas are vertebrates.
Aboriginal people typically hunt Echidnas by lying in wait for them and spearing them. Some tribes also use small traps to capture these animals.
Echidnas do not hibernate.
No. Echidnas do not hop. They walk.
There are no echidnas in Bali. Echidnas are found only in Australia and on the island of New Guinea.
Echidnas like to burrow into termite mounds and eat the termites. They also break open non-termite ant nests and eat eggs/ adults/ larvae.
No. All echidnas are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates. Echidnas are different from "echinoderms".
Echidnas are mammals, despite being egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. Therefore, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
Echidnas are found in almost all habitats. They prefer dry areas for digging, but they can be found wherever there is a plentiful supply of termites and/or ants.
No. Echidnas eat termites.