AUSTRALIAN ECHIDNA / ANT EATER IN THE WILD
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D669E The echidna is one of the most fascinating and unusual of the wild animals found in Australia. It is commonly referred to as a spiny ant eater due to the fact that its diet consists primarily of termites, and also as a porcupine, although it is unrelated to this other spiny creature. The most amazing characteristic of the echidna is that it is a monotreme - an egg laying mammal, and has a pouch in which its young are carried - until their ferocious spines develop.
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