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Life Cycle of an Echidna
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Life Cycle of an Echidna
Adulthood
- Echidnas live to be about 16 years old
- Females grow up to be about 10 pounds
- Males can be up to 13 pounds
FUN FACT: Echidnas don't have teeth
Becoming an Adult
Growing up
- The claws and spines are fully developed after seven months
- Then the echidnas begin eating ants and termites
- They have strong front paws and long nails that are good for tearing into ant hills and termite mounds
- Their long, sticky tongue helps them eat
- After 2-3 months the baby echidna grows spines
- The mother echidna takes the baby out of her pouch and makes a burrow
- They suckle milk for another six months in the burrow
Facts about Echidnas
- Echindas are found in Australia and New Guinea
- They are one of only two mammals that lay eggs
- The other mammal that lays eggs is a platypus
- Since echidnas are marsupials, they have pouches where the babies drink milk
Eggs
- Echidnas lay one egg at a time
- These eggs hatch in about 10 days
- The babies are born hairless and blind
- They drink milk from their mother's pouch for two to three months
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