How does an echidna get its food?

Answer 1

Short-beaked echidnas feed on termites, and occasionally ants, while Long-beaked echidnas eat earthworms, beetles and moth larvae. Because of their spines, there are few animals willing to eat adult echidnas. Natural predators of juvenile echidnas are goannas, pythons and dingoes, while the introduced fox has also become a major predator.

Answer 2

Due to its effective defence of sharp spines, the echidna is virtually at the top of the food chain. There are few animals willing to eat adult echidnas. Natural predators of juvenile echidnas are goannas, pythons and dingoes, while the introduced fox has also become a major predator.

Short-beaked echidnas feed on termites, and occasionally ants, while Long-beaked echidnas eat earthworms, beetles and moth larvae.

Answer 3

The echidna is a member of the order 'Monotremata', which consist of the monotremes. Monotremes are egg laying mammals (Prototheria) instead of mammals which give birth to live young like marsupials (Metatheria) and placental mammals (Eutheria). They are still classified as mammals because they feed their young on mothers' milk.

Answer 4

Echidnas use their strong forelegs and claws to dig out termite burrows. Whilst they like ants, termites are their favoured food. Once they have dug out a nest, they use their long tongue to collect termites and ants.

Answer 5

Echidnas live almost exclusively on termites, although they also eat ants. Echidnas have large claws for breaking open termite mounds (which, in much of Australia, are made from mud). They have long sticky tongues, about 15cm long, with which they catch the termites. Echidnas also look for termites under old, rotting logs, their preferred locale.

Answer 6

Echidnas are most correctly classified as insectivores, living almost exclusively on ants and termites.

Answer 7

An echidna will digest is food using the tongue and the various glands that it has. The roof of their mouths is covered with spines which facilitate the grinding of food for easier digestion.

Answer 8

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