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What are all over an echidna's body?
An echidna's body is covered with spikes, or spines. These spines are not poisonous, but they are sharp and offer the echidna protection from predators.
Does the female echidna have sharp spines?
Yes. Both the male and female echidna have equally sharp spines.
How long do the echidna's spikes get?
The correct name for the echidna's spikes is 'spines'. The echidna's spines grow up to 50 mm (5 cm) in length.
What is another name for the echidna's spikes?
The echidna's spikes are called spines.
What is the name of the echidna's spines starting with the letter q?
Echidna spines are usually only known as spines. The word "quills", which is probably supposed to be the answer, is more properly applied to porcupines.
Are echidnas spikes also called spikes?
No.Echidnas are neither "born", nor do they have "spikes". Echidnas are hatched from eggs, being one of just two egg-laying mammals (monotremes) in the world, and their "spikes" are actually called spines.The spines of an echidna begin growing when the echidna is very young, developing after the echidna has grown a layer of fine fur. The female echidna incubates her egg in a rudimentary pouch, or flap of skin, which develops in the breeding season, and the echidna stays there until it begins to develop its spines. At this point, which is at just a few months old, the baby echidna is transferred to a burrow.
Where does the echidna have its fur?
The echidna has fur all over its body, except for its snout. The echidna's spines grow out of its fur.
What animal with spines lays eggs?
The echidna is an animal which lays eggs. The echidna is covered in spines. Like platypuses, echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
How many legs does an echidna have?
An echidna's "quills" are called spines. An echidna has hundreds of spines.
What are the things on the echidna's back called?
The echidna has numerous sharp spines on its back. These are for defence purposes.
Does an echidna have fur?
Yes. While many people believe echidnas only have spines, they are actually covered with a very thick layer of coarse hair. The sharp spines grown throughout the coarse hair.
What is the synonym for echidna 'spines'?
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.
