Their coat of spines makes them very unappealing to predators and the sharpness of each spine can be a deadly combination for any animal silly enough to come near it.
Something you may not know about the echidna is that they reproduce like humans!
Unlike
other animals, when they get intimate they actually face each other.
We like to think this is so the male echidna can look into his beautiful female's eyes - how romantic!
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