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The echidna has numerous sharp spines on its back. These are for defence purposes.
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What don't echidnas eat?
Echidnas do not eat most things. They have a very limited diet of termites and ants.
Are echidnas mammals?
Yes, echidnas are a type of mammal called monotremes, which means a mammal that lays eggs.
How do echidnas hibernate?
Echidnas do not hibernate.
Do echidnas hop?
No. Echidnas do not hop. They walk.
Are there echidnas in Bali?
There are no echidnas in Bali. Echidnas are found only in Australia and on the island of New Guinea.
Do echidnas store food for the winter?
No. Echidnas feed primarily on termites and ants. These are not things an echidna can store up: nor does it need to, as termites and ants are plentiful throughout Australia all year around.
Are Australian echidnas invertebrates?
No. All echidnas are mammals, and all mammals are vertebrates. Echidnas are different from "echinoderms".
What are the little things in your back called?
Vertebra?
Do termites eat echidnas?
No. Echidnas eat termites.
Do humans eat echidnas?
No. The echidna is sometimes called a spiny anteater, but it bears no relation to anteaters. Anteaters are placental mammals, and echidnas are monotremes (egg-laying mammals).
Infomation on the Xbox?
did you know that echidnas have two eyes a tail claws spikes on the back and four legs
Do echidnas live by themselves?
Yes. Echidnas are solitary animals.
