Editing Echidna (section)

==Diet==
The [[short-beaked echidna]]'s diet consists mostly of ants and termites, while the ''Zaglossus'' (long-beaked) species typically eat worms and insect larvae.<ref name=info/> The tongues of [[long-beaked echidna]]s have sharp, tiny spines that help them capture their prey.<ref name=info/> They have no teeth, so they break down their food by grinding it between the bottoms of their mouths and their tongues.<ref name = "NSW">{{cite web|last=Carritt|first=Rachel|title=Echidnas: Helping them in the wild|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/nature/Factsheet3Echidnas.pdf|publisher=NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service|access-date=13 April 2013}}</ref> Echidnas' [[faeces]] are {{convert|7|cm|in|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} long and are cylindrical in shape; they are usually broken and unrounded, and composed largely of dirt and ant-hill material.<ref name="NSW"/>

Like all mammals, echidnas feed their young on milk, which contains various factors to sustain their growth and development.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stannard|first1= Hayley J.|last2=Old |first2=Julie M. |title=Wallaby joeys and platypus puggles are tiny and undeveloped when born. But their mother's milk is near-magical|url=https://theconversation.com/wallaby-joeys-and-platypus-puggles-are-tiny-and-undeveloped-when-born-but-their-mothers-milk-is-near-magical-207726|publisher=The Conversation|year=2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Stannard|first1=Hayley J.|last2=Miller|first2=Robert D.|last3=Old|first3=Julie M.|title=Marsupial and monotreme milk – a review of its nutrients and immune properties|journal=PeerJ|year=2020|volume=8|page=e9335|doi=10.7717/peerj.9335 |pmid=32612884 |pmc=7319036 |doi-access=free }}</ref>