Facts about the egg laying mammal, the one and only unique and super cute echidna. The echidna is one of the most genetically unique animals alive today, with characteristics rarely seen in other species. An echidna has a tiny face with small eyes and a long nose, sometimes called a beak
The eyes don’t help the echidna see well, but its acute sense of hearing and smell give this unusual mammal the information it needs to know to survive. The echidna is earth’s oldest living mammal, with an evolution that dates back to the era of the dinosaurs Echidna animals, often called spiny anteaters, are some of the most unusual creatures on earth
And they’re called spiny anteaters, but those aren’t spines A baby echidna is a puggle. There are four species of echidna
