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No, echidnas reproduce sexually. However, female echidnas lack a vagina; instead, their urinary, defacatory, and reproductive systems all end in a single cloaca, much like that of a reptile (hence the term monotreme).
The mating ritual is quite bizarre. When a female is ready to mate, she lies flat on the ground with her front feet attached to a tree. Up to eight males at a time will circle the tree and the female on the ground, occasionally prodding her with their snouts while using their strong claws to slowly dig a deep trench around her. Upon completion of the trench, the males compete to push each other out of the trench, which by this time can be 20cm or so deep. The last male remaining is the "winner", mating with the female in a process which takes anywhere between one and five hours.
Around 21-28 days after mating, the female lays a single soft-shelled egg directly into her pouch for incubation. This pouch develops during breeding season, and is little more than a flap of skin. Once the newly hatched echidna begins to develop spines, it is deposited in a burrow. The young feed on mothers' milk, like all other mammals.
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Are Echidna sexual or asexual?
Sexual
What is a female echidna called?
There is no specific name given to a female echidna. It is just a female echidna.
How do Echidna sleep?
when do Echidna sleep
What a female Echidna called?
A female echidna does not have any particular name. It is just a female echidna.
How many species of Echidna are there?
There are only two species of echidnas: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of New Guinea. There are several sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
Is a tree a sexual or asexual?
Asexual
What colour is Knuckles the Echidna?
Knuckles the Echidna is red
Is knuckle's an echidna?
Knuckles is a short beaked echidna and not as fast as the other sonic characters but has strength.He is an echidna because of his nose, porcupines don't have as narrow snouts as echidna's do.
What type of reproduction that only require one parent?
asexual. its what plants do
What is a kind of monotreme?
There are just three species of monotreme: the platypus, the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna. There are then three sub-species of the long-beaked echidna - the Eastern long-beaked echidna, Western long-beaked echidna and Sir David's long-beaked echidna.
How many Echidna species are there?
There are only two species of echidnas: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, and the long-beaked echidna (Zaglosssus bruijni) of New Guinea. There are several sub-species of the long-beaked echidna: the Western long-beaked echidna, Sir David's long-beaked echidna and the Eastern long-beaked echidna.
Is bacteria sexual or asexual?
asexual
