Echidnas

Well, honey, let me break it down for you. Echidnas are spiky little creatures that can't fly, they're more into waddling around and digging for insects. So, unless you've seen one sprout wings and take flight, I'd say it's safe to assume that echidnas are firmly grounded.

The spines of an echidna are very sharp. When threatened, they can dig very quickly into the earth, disappearing horizontally, leaving only their quills exposed while they burrow. Echidnas burrow as a protective defence, leaving only the spines exposed to the potential predator.

No, you could not. Such action would be highly illegal. Echidnas are a protected species in Australia, their native home, and cannot be taken from the wild.

Here is the law regarding exotic animals in Illinois:

"No person may harbor, care for, act as a custodian, or maintain in his possession any dangerous animal except at a properly maintained zoological park, federally licensed exhibit, circus, scientific or educational institution, research laboratory, veterinary hospital or animal refuge. "Dangerous animal" means a lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, jaguar, cheetah, margay, mountain lion, lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, bear, hyena, wolf, coyote, or any poisonous life-threatening reptile. However, there are no state requirements for a person possessing non-human primates and other exotic species not defined as "dangerous animals.""

Yes. Echidnas have strong front legs and sharp claws that enable them to dig quickly into the ground to avoid danger. They "flatten out" as they dig, appearing to sink horizontally into the ground, thus ensuring their sharp spines are exposed through the process.

Most of the echidnas' adaptations are physiological or structural. However, one behaviour which certainly helps the echidna to survive is its tendency to burrow. Echidnas have strong front legs and sharp claws that enable them to dig quickly into the ground to avoid danger. They "flatten out" as they dig, appearing to sink horizontally into the ground, thus ensuring their sharp spines are exposed through the process.

The echidna does not have spikes; it has spines, in numbers of between 5,000 and 10,000.

The spiny anteater, more properly known as the echidna, is a mammal, so it does indeed feed its young on mothers' milk.

Yes, the echidna is native to Australia, but it is also native to New Guinea. The species in Australia is the short-beaked echidna and the species native to New Guinea is the long-beaked echidna. These are the only two countries in which the echidna is found.

Like a hedgehog an Echidna can curl up into a tight spiky ball. Due to the presence of their spines, echidnas simply do not have many predators. Even young echidnas develop spines by the time they are about 3 months old. Echidnas have strong front legs and sharp claws that enable them to dig quickly into the ground to avoid danger. They "flatten out" as they dig, appearing to sink horizontally into the ground, thus ensuring their sharp spines are exposed through the process.

The biggest threat to echidnas occurs 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.

Echidnas in northern Australia are nocturnal. On occasion, they are seen during the day when the weather is mild. Echidnas in southern Australia tend to be more active during the day, especially during winter.

The echidna has a long tongue with sticky saliva, which it uses to catch and eat termites and ants.

so strong he can...

break 2 rocks with the force of 1 punch,throw eggman across the world,kill a bee,stop a falling tree,break peanut brittle,and rip your ear off.[i did not mean to make it ryme].

The echidna usually lays just a single egg at a time.

There is no specific name given to a female echidna. It is just a female echidna.

Any romantic feelings Knuckles has for Rouge are unofficial. He has shown to have slight feelings for her, but is irritated that she constantly uses him to get the master emerald. A Shadow-Rouge relationship seems much more likely at this point. Knuckles is also painfully shy around girls which would explain his awkward behavior. If I were to guess, I would say he has a small crush on Rouge but would not be devastated if she were to reject him.

Knuckles has a secret crush on rouge but rouge has a secret crush on him too. The way knuckles acts around her in the games shows that he likes her more than she likes him.

Yes. The echidna is a mammal, and all mammal have lungs.

Echidnas cannot be bought. They are native animals, and therefore protected by law.

The spiny anteater, more correctly known as the echidna,is a monotreme. This means it is an egg-laying mammals, one of only two such types of animals in the world. The other monotreme is the platypus.

eels like fish are cold blooded

No. The young echidnas suckle milk from milk patches on the mother's skin.

The echidna is not a marsupial, but a female echidna develops a pouch, or rather a flap of skin, during the breeding season. She curls up and lays her single egg in this pouch, where it is then incubated until it hatches.

Sometimes, the male even develops a pouch during breeding season, but it serves absolutely no function.

Echidnas are generally solitary animals. They do not live in groups.