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What are some predators of a porcupine?
Fisher / Fox
Does a porcupine have quills?
A porcupine has quills to defend themselves against harm's way (defend them from predators).
What adaptations help a porcupine survive?
Its spikes, called quills ; this defensive adaptation protects the docile porcupine from predators.
What are some adaptations a porcupine has?
their quills so they can defend themselves from predators.
What is the name of the animal which has sharp needles full of its body?
Porcupines have quills which look like needles on their backs. These protect the porcupine against predators and come contain a poison.
How do porcupine protect themselves against predators?
Their bristly spikes make them really hard to get to.
What has spiny armor that protects it from predators and cushions its fall from trees?
Sounds like a porcupine.
Do porcupines have any natural predators?
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.
What animals can eat a porcupine?
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.
What helps a porcupines survive?
Its spikes, called quills ; this defensive adaptation protects the docile porcupine from predators.
Why are porcupine quills so important to porcupines?
I think it serves as they're protection against predators.
What is the porcupine's enemies?
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.
