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Defense. Predators leave it alone, so it lives and grows up to have more baby porcupines.
What else can I help you with?
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
What are the defenses that a porcupine possesses?
A porcupine has spines as its defences.
What body part used for protection of porcupine?
Their spines
What adaptations help a porcupine survive?
Its spikes, called quills ; this defensive adaptation protects the docile porcupine from predators.
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
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!
Are porcupine spines poisonous?
no they are not poisonous but they are dangerous
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
How could the spines on these barrel cacti help the cacti to survive?
The spines are an effective deterrent to herbivores, but also protect the plant stem. The spines increase the surface area available to collect moisture, an additionally help reflect the sun away from the stem and lower the stem temperature.
