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An '''echidna''' is a small, relatively harmless animal that curls up into a ball when threatened. Baby echidnas are called '''puggles'''.
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'''Echidnas''' are small solitary [[creature]]s found in most [[temperate]] [[biome]]s and [[desert]]s. They are benign meanderers, fleeing from any [[dwarf]] who attempts to confront them and generally not standing any chance against even the most inexperienced of [[hunter]]s. Their bodies are covered in spines (which don't actually hurt to touch), and when threatened, they curl into a ball to defend themselves. A baby echidna is called a ''puggle'', who are notably born as tiny as [[ant]]s.
  
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==Use==
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Echidnas can be captured in [[cage]] [[trap]]s and [[Animal trainer|trained]] into exotic [[pet]]s. As monotremes, they lay [[egg]]s to give birth and as such can be placed in a [[nest box]], though they only lay a single egg at a time. In terms of [[butcher]]ing returns, they are only slightly better than [[cat]]s, making them overall poor animals for a [[meat industry]] or [[egg production]].
  
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[[Tame]]d echidnas with access to a [[nest box]] will only lay a single egg at a time, which makes them a poor choice for [[egg production]] and [[breeding]]. Their small size also makes them less useful in a [[meat industry]] than other animals (producing slightly more food on average than a [[cat]]). Even for trading, they're less than ideal, for their low pet value of 50 makes them about as useful as a [[deer]] in that regard.
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Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] echidnas for their ''spines'' and their ''egg-laying''.
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== In real life ==
 
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Echidnas are a relative to the [[platypus]], and are found only in Australia and New Guinea.
 
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[[File:Long-beakedEchidna.jpg|thumb|left|A western long-beaked echidna]]
 
  
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[[File:Long-beakedEchidna.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Admired for its ''spines''.]]
  
 
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Revision as of 14:14, 14 October 2017

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Echidna
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Urist likes echidnas for their egg-laying.
Portrait

No portrait

Biome

Variations

Echidna - Echidna man - Giant echidna

Attributes

· Egglaying

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 50

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Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Birth: 1 cm3
Mid: 5,000 cm3
Max: 10,000 cm3
Food products
Eggs 1
Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 10-20
Butchering returns

Food items

Meat 7
Fat 7
Brain 1
Lungs 2
Intestines 1
Liver 0-1
Tripe 0-1

Raw materials

Bones 4
Skull 1
Skin Raw hide

Wikipedia article

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A small spiny mammal with a long snout. It eats ants and termites and reproduces by laying eggs.

Echidnas are small solitary creatures found in most temperate biomes and deserts. They are benign meanderers, fleeing from any dwarf who attempts to confront them and generally not standing any chance against even the most inexperienced of hunters. Their bodies are covered in spines (which don't actually hurt to touch), and when threatened, they curl into a ball to defend themselves. A baby echidna is called a puggle, who are notably born as tiny as ants.

Echidnas can be captured in cage traps and trained into exotic pets. As monotremes, they lay eggs to give birth and as such can be placed in a nest box, though they only lay a single egg at a time. In terms of butchering returns, they are only slightly better than cats, making them overall poor animals for a meat industry or egg production.

Some dwarves like echidnas for their spines and their egg-laying.

Admired for its spines.
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