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Echidnas are monotremes, meaning they lay eggs rather than giving birth to live young. After mating, the female lays a single egg, which she incubates in a pouch on her belly. Once the egg hatches, the tiny, hairless baby echidna, called a puggle, continues to develop in the pouch, feeding on its mother's milk for several months until it is ready to emerge.
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How did echidnas get their spikes?
Echidnas are not born with spines (as they are known, rather than spikes). The spines begin to grow after a few weeks, and are quite sharp by the time the baby echidna is three to four months old.
What is name of a baby ecidna?
The name of a baby ecina is a puggle. I now it souds funny but this is the truth and im not trying to trick you.
Why is the echidna unusual among mammals in the way its baby is produced?
The echidna, like the platypus, is unusual because it lays eggs, rather than producing live young.
What is young for echidnas?
There is no specific term for the young of an echidna. Contrary to popular opinion, a baby echidna is not called a "puggle". However, a great many websites erroneously state that this is the case.
What are the Echidna's enemies?
The main enemies of the echidna affect them when they are young. Snakes will sometimes enter their burrow and eat the baby echidna. Other animals do not usually attempt to eat this spiky creature, but some echidna predators include very brave foxes and goannas. Goannas will dig into an echidna's burrow and eat the young. A fascinating museum exhibit in Australia shows a fossilised snake eating a fossilised echidna. It would appear the echidna's spikes caught as it was being swallowed by the snake, and both creatures perished.
Does an echidna produce in water?
Not at all. A female echidna lays a single egg directly into a pouch (or rather, a flap of skin) which she develops during the breeding season. She incubates the egg in the pouch. When the baby echidna has grown large enough to develop its sharp spines, it is transferred to a burrow.
How tall are puggles?
A puggle is a small toy. It is not the name of a baby platypus or echidna. See the related question.
What are the enemies of the spiny ant eater?
The correct name for the spiny anteater is echidna. The main enemies of the echidna affect them when they are young. Snakes will sometimes enter their burrow and eat the baby echidna. Other animals do not usually attempt to eat this spiky creature, but some echidna predators include very brave foxes and goannas. Goannas will dig into an echidna's burrow and eat the young. A fascinating museum exhibit in Australia shows a fossilised snake eating a fossilised echidna. It would appear the echidna's spikes caught as it was being swallowed by the snake, and both creatures perished.
Do Echidna have predators?
Echidnas do not have many predators, due to their sharp spines. The main enemies of the echidna affect them when they are young. Snakes will sometimes enter their burrow and eat the baby echidna. Other animals do not usually attempt to eat this spiky creature, but some echidna predators include very brave foxes and goannas. Goannas will dig into an echidna's burrow and eat the young. A fascinating museum exhibit in Australia shows a fossilised snake eating a fossilised echidna. It would appear the echidna's spikes caught as it was being swallowed by the snake, and both creatures perished.
Do mammals give birth to a baby mammal in an egg?
No.Mammals give live birth, like a human baby coming out of of birth canal.Reptiles lay eggs, like a lizard or Dinosaur.Correction:There are two egg-laying mammals. The platypus and the echidna are both egg-laying mammals, or monotremes.They are still classified as mammals because they feed their young on mothers' milk - a characteristic unique to mammals alone.There are just three known species of egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They are the platypus and short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of Papua New Guinea. The echidna is sometimes called the spiny anteater, and there are several sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
What is a female echidna called?
There is no specific name given to a female echidna. It is just a female echidna.
Where does a echidna keeps a baby in?
The echidna keeps its young in a chamber within a burrow that it digs. However, the egg is actually laid and incubated in a temporary pouch - more a flap of skin - that develops only during the breeding season.
