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Domesticated echidnas would be great. They could help keep ant populations in check. I had a 3 month battle trying to keep meat (protein eating) ants out of m
by fian 8y ago
Domesticated echidnas would be great. They could help keep ant populations in check.
I had a 3 month battle trying to keep meat (protein eating) ants out of my house last year. I eventually caved and had a professional pest controller spray a barrier around the perimeter of my house.
6 months later and the first signs of ant repopulation are starting to appear. I dislike having to use strong poisons as they are indiscriminate and we need to have healthy insect populations as part of the ecology (plant pollination, breakdown of dead organic matter etc).
One or two echidnas might have been able to deal with my ant problem in a few days. Maybe an echidna hire service (Uber for echnidnas?) could work.
Plus they are just plain cool animals to see walking around.
- njarboe 8y agoThe variety of life on Earth is so cool. Echidnas and the platypus are the only egg-laying mammals, known as monotremes. The average lifespan of an echidna in the wild is estimated around 14–16 years. When fully grown, a female can weigh up to 4.5 kilograms (9.9 lb) and a male can weigh up to 6 kilograms (13 lb).[8] The echidnas' sex can be inferred from their size, as males are 25% larger than females on average. The reproductive organs also differ, but both sexes have a single opening called a cloaca, which they use to urinate, release their faeces and to mate.[1] [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna