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no they are not poisonous but they are dangerous
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∙ 14y agono. they just hurt A LOT.
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What are the defenses that a porcupine possesses?
A porcupine has spines as its defences.
Are hedgehogs poisinous?
No, unlike porcupines, they have hollow tubes on their back.Hedgehogs are easily recognized by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their spines are NOT poisonous or barbed and, unlike the quills of a porcupine, cannot easily be removed from the hedgehog. However, spines normally come out when a hedgehog sheds baby spines and replaces them with adult spines. This is called "guiling" When under extreme stress or during sickness, a hedgehog can also lose spines.
What body part used for protection of porcupine?
Their spines
Do pandas have spines?
If you mean spinal columns, yes pandas have them. If you mean prickly spines, such as the porcupine or hedgehogs have, the answer is no.
What word is used to describe a porcupine's pointy spines?
Quills
Are blowfish poisonous to touch?
The spines on blow fish are poisonous.
Can sea urchins shoot their spines?
Sea urchins do NOT shoot there spines. They can simply let them pop out (sort of like a porcupine). Most people make this mistake... neither a porcupine or sea urchin SHOOT there spines. They do harden and stick out farther but they DO NOT SHOOT THEM!
What eats porcupinefish?
Porcupine fish or better known as blow fish have very few predators do to their poisonous spines and ability to expand. Sometimes they are preyed upon by sharks and killer whales and the baboes by tuna and dolphins
What mammal has spines or quills to protect itself?
Porcupines have quills.
Do giraffes have spines?
That depends on which kind of spines you mean. Giraffes are vertebrates. That means that they have spines, as in a backbone. They do not have spines as in sharp pointed protrusions like a porcupine has.
What theme or themes are exemplified by the sharp spines of a porcupine?
cells are an organism's basic units of structure and function
What behaviors does a porcupine have to help it survive?
The spines help a porcupine to survive as it makes it difficult for another animal to eat it or attack it
