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... echidna , hedgehog and porcupine have all developed quills for defence ; Australian marsupial mole and African mole ... echidna , during hibernation , suffers a blood temperature drop . The average body temperature of the egg - laying ...
... echidna , hedgehog and porcupine have all developed quills for defence ; Australian marsupial mole and African mole ... echidna , during hibernation , suffers a blood temperature drop . The average body temperature of the egg - laying ...
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... echidna is larger and hairier than the mainland species and is also much commoner and tamer . Echidnas are most engaging creatures and although only about twenty inches long from snout tip to tail tip and weighing about eight pounds are ...
... echidna is larger and hairier than the mainland species and is also much commoner and tamer . Echidnas are most engaging creatures and although only about twenty inches long from snout tip to tail tip and weighing about eight pounds are ...
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... echidna can move at reasonable speed over the ground , about as fast as a man can walk . Once soft soil is reached the animal digs with its powerful claws , sinking down vertically into the ground , the soil being thrown sideways . Two ...
... echidna can move at reasonable speed over the ground , about as fast as a man can walk . Once soft soil is reached the animal digs with its powerful claws , sinking down vertically into the ground , the soil being thrown sideways . Two ...
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