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What do echidnas feed their young?
Echidnas are mammals, despite being egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. Therefore, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
What do echidna mothers feed their babies?
Echidnas are mammals, so the young feed on mothers' milk.
How do Anteater feed their young?
Spiny anteaters, more properly known as echidnas, are mammals. Therefore, they feed their young with mothers' milk.
Does an echidna feed its young milk?
Yes. Although echidnas are egg-laying mammals, known as monotremes, they are fully mammal. The defining characteristic of a mammal is to feed its young on mothers' milk.
Do spiny anteater feed their babies with milk?
Echidnas, or spiny anteaters, are mammals. Therefore, they do feed their young with mothers' milk. This is one of the defining characteristics of a mammal.
Does the female echidna have teats?
No. The young echidnas suckle milk from milk patches on the mother's skin.
How do spiny anteaters feed their young?
The spiny anteater, more properly known as the echidna, is a mammal, so it does indeed feed its young on mothers' milk.
Do all mammals breastfeed their young?
No, not all mammals breastfeed their young. Some mammals, like monotremes (such as platypuses and echidnas), lay eggs and do not produce milk to feed their offspring.
What makes echidnas different from other Vertebrates?
Echidnas are different as, like platypuses, they are egg-laying mammals. This group of vertebrates, known as the monotremes, is unique: their method of reproduction is laying eggs, yet they nurture their young on mothers' milk. Apart from producing milk to feed their young, there are other differences: they do not fit with egg-laying reptiles as echidnas are warm-blooded; nor do they fit with egg-laying birds because all birds have feathers, and echidnas, like other mammals, have hair/fur.
Do echidnas give birth to live young?
No. Echidnas are monotremes, meaning they are egg-laying mammals. They do not give birth to live young, but lay eggs in order to reproduce.
How many echidnas live together?
Echidnas are generally solitary animals. They do not live in groups.
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.
