The echidna (Tachyglossus Aculeatus) was named after the Greek monster Echidna, who was half snake (reptile) and half woman (mammal). She was known as the "Mother of all Monsters" as most of the monsters in Greek mythology were said to have mothered by Echidna.

The most obvious reptilian characteristic of the echidna is that it lays eggs. The mammalian characteristics of the echidna is that they are warm-blooded, have fur, produce milk and suckle their young.

An echidna is part of the Monotreme group. The only other animal in that group in the Platypus.

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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.

An echidna is of the Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Monotremata.

Echidnas are monotremes that primarily live in Australia. They use their sense of smell to find food and get glucose and other nutrients from ants and termites, among other things.

No, it's probably Knuckles that she's wanting!

It hasn't been said if Knuckles had anything special done to obtain his knuckles, most likely, he was born with it. Much like Sonic was born with his super speed.

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When decimal currency was introduced in Australia in 1966, the chosen designer of the new coins was Stuart Devlin, who elected to use native Australian animals to reflect the uniqueness of Australian currency. The echidna was selected as one of these native animals.

The spines of an echidna are for defence. They are quite sharp, and deter many predators except for snakes. When threatened, an echidna will dig quickly, disappearing horizontally into the ground, with only its spines showing, until it has dug itself in completely.

There is no specific term for a male echidna.

A female echidna lays her egg directly into a pouch on her abdomen.

During breeding season, the female develops a rudimentary pouch which is really just a flap of skin. When it comes time to lay her egg, she curls tightly into a ball and lays it directly in this pouch, where it is incubated for around 10 days. The young emerge blind and hairless, and stay in the pouch, suckling for two to three months. The young echidna is transferred to a burrow when it begins to develop sppines.

Knuckles is 16 just as sonic is.

Echidnas do not hibernate.

Echidnas have a tiny mouth and a toothless jaw.

No. Echidnas are native to Australia and the island of New Guinea. They do not live in the US. Spiny mammals which live in the US are placental mammals, and not at all related to the echidna, which is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.

she is 16 years old in both the Knuckles the Echidna and Sonic the Hedgehog comics. in Sonic the Hedgehog 25 Years Later (where it shows everyone in their future reference) she is 41 years old. & in Sonic Universe 30 Years Later she is 46 years old

Echidna babies are not born: they are hatched, as echidnas are monotremes, i.e. egg-laying mammals. The female echidna lays a single egg in the rudimentary pouch she develops during breeding season.

There is a belief that echidna young are called "puggles". Even certain government wildlife departments are guilty of perpetuating this myth. This misnomer developed and spread by the appearance of a soft toy, called a puggle, which resembled a baby echidna.

No. The spiny anteaters more correctly known as an echidna, is a mammal, and mammals do not have scales. Mammals have skin and hair/fur.The echidna has fur and spines. These spines are actually specialised tough, hollow hair follicles attached to muscles so the evhidna can raise them in defence.

Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of climates and environments. They live anywhere from dry bushland and woodlands, to snowy mountains, hot sandy plains, heath, grasslands, semi-arid environments and deserts. Echidnas can be found wherever there are termites and ants.

The echidna found throughout Australia is the short-beaked echidna. It is also found in the lowlands of southeast New Guinea. The long-beaked echidna is a rarer species, found only in New Guinea. It ranges from low-level coastal regions to tropical rainforests in mountainous areas.

Echidnas like to burrow into termite mounds and eat the termites.

They also break open non-termite ant nests and eat eggs/ adults/ larvae.

The echidna is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. Most mammals give live birth, but only the echidna and platypus are egg-laying mammals.

Yes he can.But only on angle island or near the master emarald.