ECHIDNA
Echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals.
Behavioural Adaptations:
Echidna’s use their forepaws to dig into ants nests to find food and use their fast tongues to trap them.
Their young are pushed out of their pouch whilst still young so their growing spikes do not penetrate the mother.
Physiological Adaptations:
They lay only one egg which hatches after 10 days and wean them with produced milk for two-three months.
Structural Adaptations:
Echidna’s have spines cover the echidnas body, which are sharp so they are able to deter predators from eating them.
They have long, fast moving tongues to trap and eat ants, termites and other insects in their nests.
Echidna’s use their forepaws to dig into ants nests to find food and use their fast tongues to trap them.
Their young are pushed out of their pouch whilst still young so their growing spikes do not penetrate the mother.
Physiological Adaptations:
They lay only one egg which hatches after 10 days and wean them with produced milk for two-three months.
Structural Adaptations:
Echidna’s have spines cover the echidnas body, which are sharp so they are able to deter predators from eating them.
They have long, fast moving tongues to trap and eat ants, termites and other insects in their nests.