Animals of Australia - The Echidna
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@TheWicksy1971 Olol, nice one
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What's the Differance between an echidna and a police car? With the police car the pricks are on the inside! LOL!!!
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@HostOfThousands good point
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Then again, what native Australian animals aren't endangered, apart from kangaroos?
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Its really a sad thing there endangered
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Echidnas have been called a "primitive" mammal but studies have shown they are amazingly intelligent.
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hay um do hedgehogs and ecidnas realy fight like in sonic x and stuff ? just asking
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@psychocrusha618 i know wondered were sonic team got that too
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beautiful creature
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Porky-pines (porcupines) are rodents and as closely related to echidnas as dolphins, lions or sperm whales.
Same thing with the ant- eater. When classifying mammals, taxonomists look at three sub-classes (simplified):
Placentals (give birth to developed young; i.e. cats, dogs, whales, seals,...)
Monotremes (lay eggs; echidnas and platypus)
Marsupials (only partially developed young; i.e. koalas, kangaroos, possums, quolls, wombats, numbats, ...).
Sub-classes are further divided.
Acinonyxjubatus78 3 years ago 3
The echidna is about as related to a hedghog as you are
Jaahaah 1 year ago