echidna
- The echidna share characteristics with many different creatures. They are part bird because they lay eggs, part mammal because they feed their young with milk, part reptile because their legs go out and then down like a lizard, and they lay eggs. They are also part marsupial because they have pouches for their young.
- A baby echidna is called a puggle, and is smaller than a jellybean
- Echidnas do not have nipples, so a puggle has to prod the skin inside the pouch and lick the milk that comes out
Comments
Comment from debrain
Thanks for the fact Ben. Echidnas are unique because they are considered mammals that lay eggs. I haven’t seen one in real life, but i’m sure it’ll be a hoot
Comment from HI
THE ARE AUSSIE MAMMALS
Comment from Ben Johnson
A puggle is what you call a baby Echidna