ECHIDNA INFO
NATIVE TO: Australia and New Guinea
SPECIAL SKILLS
SUPER CLAWS: Echidnas have claws on their back legs that curve backwards. If they meet a threat, the claws help echidnas dig to safety!
EGG LAYING: Female echidnas lay eggs! They are the only mammal (apart from the platypus) that can lay eggs. Mammals that lay eggs are called ‘monotremes’. Amazing!
FAVOURITE FOODS: Ants, termites, worms, and insect larvae (roughly 40,000 a day)!
BABIES ARE: Puggles!
HEDGEHOG INFO
NATIVE TO: Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia.
SPECIAL SKILLS
VENOM-PROOF (ISH): Hedgehogs are immune to some snake venom.
WATERPROOFING: Female hedgehogs make waterproof nests in winter to protect their young!
FAVOURITE FOODS: Worms, beetles, slugs, caterpillars, earwigs, millipedes, and rats!
BABIES ARE: Hoglets!
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