Habits. Echidnas are very solitary animals, but they are not territorial and are willing to share their home range with others of their kind. … Echidnas hibernate during the cold winter months in burrows. No matter what the time of the year, they can only enter REM sleep when theyRead More →

Echidnas have an extremely specialized diet, which has probably helped to make them so successful. No other mammal in Australia eats ants and termites, so they have no competition for food. Do echidnas drink water? Echidnas only occasionally drink water, according to the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, mostly feastingRead More →