Short Beaked Echidna
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The Short Beaked Echidna (very occasionally referred to as the "spiny anteater") is a small, ground dwelling animal - about 40 centimetres long - covered in spines similar to those of a porcupine. If threatened it will either roll into a spiny ball, or burrow down into the soil leaving only its back protruding - this process can be so quick that it appears to 'sink' into the ground. It is nomadic with no fixed territory - although females raise their young in a burrow - and can be found anywhere with a good supply of ants and termites. The echidna dislikes extremes of temperature, hibernating in cold weather, and becoming nocturnal in hot weather.
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