Thorny+Devil

Common Name:** Thorny Devil media type="youtube" key="JoduGti4G_k&hl=en" height="355" width="425" ~ www.wikipedia.org ~http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/thorny_devil.htm
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 * Scientific Name:** Moloch horridus
 * Habitat:** The Thorny Devil lives in arid scrub and deserts.
 * Range:** It lives in most of central Australia.
 * Physical Characteristics:** The physical characteristics are that it is really spiny all over its body.
 * Diet:** The Thorny Devil eats mostly ants.
 * Behavior and Adaptations:** It has spines to defend themselves against predators. These spines can change color according to the color of sand they're crossing. They also have a lump on the back of their head that serves as a fake head to predators.
 * Reproduction:** They reproduce externally. A clutch of three to ten eggs is laid in September-December in a nesting burrow about 30 cm underground.
 * Relationship to Humans:** We have helped save their nests by putting wire enclosures around them.
 * Status:** One source says that it is endangered and another says that it is non-threatened.
 * History:** There is no notable ancestors of the Thorny Devil.
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