Long Beaked Echidna

• Echidna's do eat insects (aunts)• To eat the aunts the Echidna will use its 18cm tounge.• Echidnas live near Australia, they live anywere to bushland-

woodlands. Rocky areas but as long as the soil is loose enough to dig. Sandy plains or deserts. they will try to fallow the termites or aunts.

• They will sleep in the morning & all through the afternoon then they will come out during the night.

• The echidna is also found in wet areas mostly around aunt & termites.

• People shouldn't be harmed in anyway by theese egg laying mammals. They are very useful because they will eat the termites and aunts in an area.

• An Echidna is very much like the platipus.

Facts: • Echidnas look alot like an aunt eater or a porcepine. Lots of

spikes above its back & is a light brown. Very long beak with a big tounge, which helps them survive. (Eating)

• Their is only two egg laying mammals in the world. They're found in australia.

• Echidnas are very smart when it comes to finding their habitat.

• The Echidna has small but stronge leggs that they have adapted for digging.

• The Echidna is called a monoterm. Because it is a egg laying mamal. The Echidna is one of the two only monoterms.

• The echidna has massive claws which gives them the

ability to dig very large holes.

Facts:

Echidna Facts • Echidna’s scientific name is Tachyglossus aculeatus (spiny fast-tongue or Spiny anteater). • Echidna's lifespan is over 45 years • Echidnas grow up to 50cm (20") in length • Their tongue is very long and sticky and is perfect for catching the hundreds of termites and ants that

make up their staple diet • Each of the echidna’s spines is formed from a single hair • An echidna can lift objects twice its weight • Echidnas drink water and can swim • Like the male Platypus, the male echidna has spurs, but has no venom glands attached to them • Echidna is slightly less intelligent than a cat • Mating takes place Belly-to-belly, which avoids the male spiking himself on the female’s spines