The echidna's spikes are called spines.
no they have spines
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.
Spiny Anteater is another name for the echidna. However, echidnas are not related to anteaters at all, despite the name. Echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, while anteaters a placental mammals. Echidnas have sharp spines, hence the name 'spiny' and they feed primarily on termites, as well as ants.
did you know that echidnas have two eyes a tail claws spikes on the back and four legs
Charlie Spikes's birth name is Leslie Charles Spikes.
John Spikes's birth name is John Curry Spikes.
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.
Spikey Sato's birth name is William John Pickering.
Echidnas do not hibernate.
The spikes
No. Echidnas do not hop. They walk.
Alectryomachy is another name for cockfighting - a form of blood sport in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other.