Contents Wildly weird 4 Bold Bodies 6 Where in the world 10 An Echidna's Life 12 safety First 14 Favorite Foods 16 Mating Trains 20 Echidna Eggs 22 Life Cycle 24 World Wide Weird 28 Fast Facts About Echidnas 30 Glossary 31 Websites 31 Index 32
Wildly Weird The world is full of weird wonderful animals The echidna ih KIHD nuh is one of the world's only egg laying mammals It lives on the islands of Australia Tasmania and New Guinea Echidnas have long beaks that are bald Their round bodies are covered in spines All of these features make echidnas wildly weird Did You Know The platypus is the only other mammal that lays eggs It also lives in
Echidnas can live more than 40 years in the wild A
