Echidna Facts:

• They look a lot like anteaters and other spiny mammals such as hedgehogs and porcupines.
• They will tear apart soft logs, anthills and use its long, sticky tongue, to collect prey.
• An Echidna tongue can reach 18 cm long – and it can flick it out to catch ants a 100 times a minute!
• They can eat about 40,000 individual ants / termites a day.
• They are equipped with electrosensors (That’s the ability to sense natural electrical stimuli-which helps them locate food like ants).
• Echidnas and the platypus are the only egg-laying mammals, known as monotremes.
• The Echidna will lay one egg.
• The have pouches like kangaroos!
• They are timid animals when they feel threatened they will ball themselves up or bury themselves.
• Their claws are are curved backwards to help them dig.

Stats:

• Average Length: 14in - 20in
• Average Weight: 9lbs - 15lbs
• Top Speed: 1.4mph (2.3kph)
• Life Span: Up to 50 years
• Location: Australia & New Guinea
• Color: Brown, Black, White
• Favorite Foods: Ants, termites, larvae, worms