Fisher / Fox
their quills so they can defend themselves from predators.
A porcupine has quills to defend themselves against harm's way (defend them from predators).
Its spikes, called quills ; this defensive adaptation protects the docile porcupine from predators.
Porcupines have quills which look like needles on their backs. These protect the porcupine against predators and come contain a poison.
Due to the large quills that protrude from a porcupine's back there are very few predators that are willing to attack them. Some animals, however, have worked out that the stomach of the porcupine has no quills and there work at flipping them on their back to eat them. These animals are Fishers, bobcats and cougars.
Sharks are said to be the only predators of porcupine fish in the ocean. Humans may also be considered as predators as some people have eaten these types of fish and have used them as ornaments and rediculuosly as helmets.
Sounds like a porcupine.
Their bristly spikes make them really hard to get to.
Yes, porcupines have natural predators such as cougars, bobcats, wolves, and fishers. These predators have developed strategies to avoid the porcupine's quills and successfully hunt them.
A wolf,coyotes,foxes,hawks,fishers,owls,bears,badgers and dogs . some people eat porcupines.Lions and honey badgers and even hyenas eat them . vultures eat already killed porcupines , the porcupine turned into carrion .
Predators such as cougars, fishers, and great horned owls are known to eat porcupines. These animals have developed strategies to avoid the porcupine's quills and are able to prey on them successfully.
Martens, wolverines, pythons, eagles, great horned owls, fisher cats and wolves.