spine

epidermal anatomy

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echidnas

  • short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
    In echidna

    …a dome-shaped body covered in spines. Echidnas have beady eyes and mere slits for ears, and at the end of their beaks are two small nares (or nostrils) and a tiny mouth. Electroreceptors in the skin of the beak may sense electrical signals produced by the muscles of invertebrate prey.…

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