By drew and Rhys

The spikes The thorny devil’s spikes not only provide water, but they also make the lizard deficit to eat.

Spikes for life Many reptiles that live in deserts don’t drink much—they get the water they need from their food.

FeedingIt feeds exclusively on ants (favourite being small black ants), eating huge numbers In a single meal it is estimated a Thorny Devil can eat between 600 and 3,000 ants! The amazing fact is that they eat them one at a time with its flicking sticky tongue, at a rate of up to 45 a minute.

Habitat & LocationThorny devils are found throughout out Australia's interior desert, mostly on sandy soils Plant life in these area varies from Spinifex to "Mallei" scrubland.

Resting

At night time Thorny Devils partly digs into the soil to keep warmer During really hot days, thorny devils dig themselves a shallow underground burrow sometimes under small shrubs to provide extra protection from the hot