Echidna

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Echidna

The echidna, or spiny anteater, was an Australian mammal. Like its "distant cousin" the platypus, echidnas laid eggs and produced milk. Males and had a poisonous spur on their back legs. They had long tongues and ate ants. (PROSE: Doctor Who Discovers Strange and Mysterious Creatures [+]Loading...["Doctor Who Discovers Strange and Mysterious Creatures (novel)"])