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echidna) A short-nosed echidna. The female develops a temporary pouch during the breeding season, into which she transfers the single egg she has laid. The egg hatches 7-10 days later. Toothless, egg-laying, spiny mammal of the order Monotremata, found in Australia and New Guinea. There are two species: Tachyglossus aculeatus, the short-nosed echidna, and the rarer Zaglossus bruijni, the long-nosed echidna. They feed entirely upon ants and termites, which they dig out with their powerful claws and lick up with their prehensile tongues. When attacked, an echidna rolls itself into a ball, or tries to hide by burrowing in the earth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 295-305) And in a hollow cave she bare another monster, irresistible, in no wise like either to mortal men or to the undying gods, even the goddess fierce Echidna who is half a nymph with glancing eyes and fair cheeks, and half again a huge snake, great and awful, with speckled skin, eating raw flesh beneath the secret parts of the holy earth. |
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