Primary Worksheets: Echidna
Primary worksheets on the topic of the echidna designed for primary school students. A basic passage with questions at the end to answer, testing the students comprehension levels.
Animals such as the echidna are unusual. Echidna – pronounced “ee-kid-na” – is sometimes called a spiny anteater because of its sharp spines and habit of eating ants. Only echidnas lay eggs, along with the platypus, a relative. The anteater is not related to porcupines or hedgehogs, despite their similar appearance.
Echidnas come in three different kinds or species. Echidnas of the short-nosed variety are found throughout Australia and Tasmania. New Guinea is home to only two species of long-nosed echidna.
Echidnas have a short tail and are stocky. Spines stick out of their brown fur. They have strong claws on their feet that are useful for digging. Their tongues are very long and sticky, and they have very small mouths. With its long, sticky tongue, the short-nosed echidna catches ants and termites. Earthworms are the main food of long-nosed echidnas.
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