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Echidnas eat by using their long, sticky tongues to capture termites and ants. This is why they are sometimes called "spiny anteaters". The echidna gained its scientific name of Tachyglossus, which means "fast tongue", because it can flick its tongue in and out up to 100 times per minute.
It is also a very tenacious eater, as it digs determinedly into termites' and ants' nests. It then proceeds to stick its sticky tongue as far as it can into the nests, getting as many ants as it can each time.
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∙ 10y agoEchidnas do not attack. They will defend themselves against enemies by presenting their sharp spines, and also by rapidly burrowing horizontally so that only the spines are exposed, but they never attack.
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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
Do Echidnas eat apples?
No
What do echidnas do daily?
eat
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.
Who are echidnas' biggest danger?
The biggest threat to echidnas occurs when they are young. Snakes will sometimes enter their burrow and eat the baby echidna. Other animals do not usually attempt to eat this spiky creature, but some echidna predators include very brave foxes and goannas. Echidnas are highly adaptable and less threatened by habitat loss than other native animals. Basically, echidnas can survive wherever there are ants.
