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What are the spikes on porcupines called?
These are called quills. They come loose and get stuck in the skin of animals that they come in contact with.
How can animals eat cactus with the quills?
some animals are accustomed to the cactus so it doesnt hurt them.
How do animals typically eat porcupines?
Animals that eat porcupines usually flip them over and attack their bellies, which have fewer quills. They may also target the face or head to avoid the sharp quills on the back. Some predators, like fishers and wolverines, have thick fur that protects them from the quills.
How do animals eat porcupines?
some porcupines have quills on their nose but some dont so animals eat em by the nose.
What animals and plants have quills or horns?
not so sure about plants...but rhino, porcupine. A guess the cautus?
What animals provided the quill's used by native people's to decorate their clothing and baskets?
porcupine quills
Does porcupine have enemies?
Only animals that are larger than it that try to eat them. However, its quills protect it.
Why are hedgehogs brown?
Hedgehog's quills are not always brown, but also white. While Hedgehogs may look like they are brown because of their quills and fur, like other animals are white underneath their fur.
Do zebras have quills?
No, zebras do not have quills.
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.
How many animals have quills?
I have found six : porcupine, hedgehog, echidna, spiny rat, sea urchin, and tenrecs.
How many quills are on an average porcupine?
it has about 30,000 quills
