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The echidna's spikes are called spines. These spines are primarily for defence against predators. When threatened by danger, the echidna will rapidly burrow horizontally into the soil, leaving only its spines exposed as it digs, and thereby protecting its vulnerable underbelly. The echidna can also raise its spines to create a more formidable protection against being bitten by predators. They also serve the function of enabling the echidna to wedge itself into small spaces, such as between rocks or tree roots.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo.
Echidnas are neither "born", nor do they have "spikes". Echidnas are hatched from eggs, being one of just two egg-laying mammals (monotremes) in the world, and their "spikes" are actually called spines.
The spines of an echidna begin growing when the echidna is very young, developing after the echidna has grown a layer of fine fur. The female echidna incubates her egg in a rudimentary pouch, or flap of skin, which develops in the breeding season, and the echidna stays there until it begins to develop its spines. At this point, which is at just a few months old, the baby echidna is transferred to a burrow.
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∙ 14y agoThe echidna does have fur that insulates its body, but its spines are quite different, and not strong, thick hair.
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∙ 10y agoThe correct word for the echidna'a sharp spikes is "spines".
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∙ 14y agoThe echidna use them to protect itself against predators, but apart from the there isn't much.
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∙ 6y agoYes they are . For example if the echidna feels threatened it will curl up in a ball using its spines to protect it
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∙ 8y agoYes, the echidna's spikes are only called spines. They are not called spikes at all.
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∙ 13y agoNo. The echidna's 'spikes' are called spines, not spikes.
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∙ 14y agoThe echidna's 'spikes' are generally called spines.
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Do echidnas have spikes?
no they have spines
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Yes, they do.Further information:The proper name for the spiny anteater is echidna. Echidnas have a thick layer of fur, from which its spines protrude Echidnas in Tasmania have thicker and longer fur than echidnas on the mainland of Australia, and their fur can sometimes be longer than their spikes.
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These are not called needles but spikes the spikes get put into the shoe. It's to stop you falling in crosscountry races and slipping on the track.It is actually quite confusing because as well as the shoe being called spikes the jaggy things are called spikes too.
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Yes. Not only can echidnas float, they can also swim, as long as the current is not too strong.
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The echidna's spikes are called spines.
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That would be either a mace with spikes, or a flail with spikes.
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Crampons.
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Yes. Echidnas do drink water. they may lap water from a creek or puddle, and they also lick water drops in the form of condensation from leaves.
Is the echidna poisonous?
No. The echidna has no venom in its spines or anywhere else. Like a platypus, the male echidna has a spur on its hind leg, but unlike the male platypus, the echidna's spur is not connected to a venom gland.
