- Echidnas are mammals but they are unusual because they lay eggs. Mammals that lay eggs are called monotremes.
- Their nose is very sensitive, they use this to find food, then they use their long sticky tongue to catch ants, worms and other such insects.
- A young echidna is called a puggle
- Spiders have oil on their bodies. This stops them sticking to their own webs
- Platypuses can consume their own body weight in food in a 24 hour period!
- The largest native Australian worm is the giant Gippsland earthworm. The longest worm on record was 4 m long!
- Freshwater crocodiles swallow small stones and pebbles to help grind the food in their stomach. In large crocodiles, this weight also acts as a ballast.
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