Echidnas on display

The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo now has 3 of the egg laying mammals.
There's a new female echidna at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, joining two males who already residing in the Koala Building.
The Zoo's Travis Vineyard says echidnas come from Australia, and are rare, egg laying mammals. Vineyard explains echidnas spend most of their time digging in the ground, where they like to hide out.
Echidnas are small mammals that are covered with coarse hair and spines.

They are like a cross between a porcupine and an anteater. Echidnas have snouts which function as both a mouth and nose. They have very short, strong limbs with large claws and are powerful diggers.

Echidnas have a toothless jaw. They feed by tearing open softlogs, and eating the insects inside, such as ants and termites.

Vineyard reports that the three echidnas will be on display at the Zoo indefinitely. LINK