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Type Words
Synonyms anteater, spiny anteater
Type of egg-laying mammal, monotreme
Type Words
Synonyms anteater, spiny anteater
Type of egg-laying mammal, monotreme

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Numerous physiological adaptations aid the lifestyle of the short-beaked echidna.
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No systematic study of the ecology of the short-beaked echidna has been published.
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The wombat adapted the spears for its own defence and turned into an echidna.
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The musculature of the short-beaked echidna has a number of unusual aspects.
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The echidna has the flattest lens of any animal, giving it the longest focal length.
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Children will hear the story, sing songs and make an echidna to take home.
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The echidna manifests typical characteristics of rapid eye movement sleep.
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The echidna and the platypus are the only two egg-laying mammals in the world, she added.
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The musculature of the face, jaw and tongue is specialised to allow the echidna to feed.
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