var arrayFacts = [
"A Puggle in the Pouch:
An echidna baby is called a puggle and is smaller than a jellybean at birth.
Echidna females don’t have nipples for their young to suckle, instead they have pores inside their pouches which, once bitten, secrete thick milk for the puggle to lick up.",
"Leaving the Pouch:
The puggle (a baby echidna) stays with its mother until it grows spines and is too big for her pouch.
At around 7 months old, the young echidna must fend for itself.",
"Stick out your tongue!
Echidnas can poke their tongues in and out 100 times per minute!",
"Mood Echidna:
There are two types of echidnas, the short-beaked echidna, found in Australia, and the long beaked echidna,found in New Guinea.
The echidnas’ coloring varies slightly depending upon their habitat.",
"Look but don't touch!
Echidnas have over 6,000 spines on their body.
Each spine is a single, hard hair similar in chemical composition to a human fingernail.
They also have coarse hair close to their skin which keeps them warm.",
"Just the Facts:
Echidnas, sometimes also referred to as 'spiny anteaters,' weigh about 17 pounds and grow to between 14 and 39 inches long, with a 4 inch long tail.
Their cream colored spikes can grow up to 2 inches long.",
"Strange Family:
Echidnas, are the only surviving monotremes apart from the Platypus. Both creatures live in Australia.",
"Monster Monotreme!
The echidna is named after a monster in ancient Greek mythology.",
"Echidnas Drink Their Milk!
The newborn echidna has an incredible growth rate. In the first 45 days of life, it can increase its body weight up to 500-fold!",
"Thoroughly Modern Monotreme:
There were three Olympic mascots in Sydney in 2000. Millie, a bright yellow echidna, was named after the Millennium.
She was considered the technology whiz and information source for the group.",
"My tongue is longer than yours!
The echidna’s tongue is over 6 inches long.
This spiny Australian native's tongue is covered with a layer of sticky mucous and it moves very quickly to snatch its food supply of ants and termites.",
"Be spiny and live a long life!
The life span of the echidna is normally three times longer than a cat or a dog.
In captivity, the echidna can live up to 50 years., but they usually only live up to 16 years in the wild.",
];