Porcupines

Porcupines are considered consumers in the food chain. As herbivores, they primarily feed on plants, such as leaves, twigs, and bark. They do not play a role as decomposers, which are organisms that break down dead organic matter into simpler substances. Instead, porcupines contribute to energy flow within ecosystems by consuming producers (plants) and being a food source for other consumers in the food chain.

Like sweet rabbits with DEADLY SPIKES! Touch at your own risk.

In most cases, the settlers would attempt to kill and harvest the meat from the animal. However, in some cases the settlers may have become frightened and tried to run away. Certainly there was always the risk of death from an animal attack.

Australia and New Zealand have been geographically isolated for a very long time. When they broke away from the rest of the continents, the gene pool of the animals and plants in Australia and New Zealand were isolated from the organisms of the mainland. Therefore, these creatures evolved down a different path. Changes in the gene pools in Australia had no effect on the organisms on the mainland and vice versa, so the changes in Australia were completely different.

How porcupines get food will depend on the type of porcupine. The porcupine found in North America finds food by climbing trees. The African porcupine does not climb trees, instead he searches the ground for food.

yes they do

the spikes are painfull if you just put your hand right on top. but if brush it in a sertain way on its side its just like a hard hair brush!!

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Don't ever pet it from the back up, start at the head and pet down, so the quills don't get ya, and first, make sure the porcupine will let you, hold out your hand and if it starts sniffing you, it probably likes you, now you pet it, :)

They give birth to the young with the spines fully developed, whether it hurts or not, ask a porcupine.

The young porcupine's quills are soft at birth but harden within the first half hour after birth. I would imagine that natural child birth does not come without some pain, but the pain for the porcupine is not cause by the quills.

pocupines live in either caves or small hollow trees

Generally porcupines make a mumbling / grunting /snuffling sound, but their noises can vary depending on the situation. The San Diego Zoo has some good information about porcupines.

It waddles, gallops awkwardly, or climbs trees. It uses its legs/claws.

Yes, certain species of porcupines do live in Tennessee.

Pull them out with pliers if there are only a few. If there are a lot, a veterinarian can administer anesthesia and pull them out for you. Porcupine quills are tipped with microscopic barbs or hooks that drive them deeper into flesh.

A grizzly bear would only eat a dead moose because it does not like to hunt an animal that is quite large and can fight back. Grizzly bears and black bears prefer to kill and eat weak moose, moose calf, or an injured moose. A grizzly bear can sometimes kill a moose if it was very angry and strong.

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Removal by a physician is about the only option as the quill is barbed. They do not slide out, they break or worse they tear skin as they are removed. One good thing is that the quill of a porcupine is quite sanitary, not much chance of infection and if a piece is left in the skin it will dissolve. If a doctor is not available, this is the recommended practice for removal.

Carefully wash around the offending quill.

Pour Hydrogen peroxide or alcohol over the area. (sip alcohol if using that)

Place barb between two fingers and apply downward pressure on the skin being careful not to push quill in further.

With sturdy pliers, grasp quill as close to skin as possible. (sip alcohol)

Now this is going to hurt (sip alcohol)

Pull, quickly with even force and as straight as the sips of alcohol will allow.

The quill may break, chances are if you pull hard enough and straight enough it will come out.

Apply more alcohol to wound and self.

See doctor as soon as possible.

Well, I'd say put the first book in for the first month, and then see how the response is. If it's good, make the seocnd book be the book of the next month.I'd try not to devote three months to the series though. It makes for a bad response for the people who don't like it.

can run up to 40 mph
about 11 mph if feels in danger or if you or another animal "tresspasses" on it's "land"
According to "The Mammal of the Southern African Subregion" by Reay H. N. Smithers, the white rhino (ceratotherium simum) trots at about 25 kmph and gallops up to 40 kmph.

yes, well I think it sais so in my science book.But stay away from them if you have them around your house.Just some freindly advice.They are deadly to some people.

go sleep naked with the window open & no covers my friends

Different animals are put down in different ways. For example a horse - if in alot of pain - would be put down by a shot in the head. But something like a hamster would be given a medicine to calm it down then they would pierce its heart with a needle and add some kind of medicine to kill it I'm guessing - so it varys on the size and how quickly they need to be put down. But mostly it's medicine that does the job. Poor things.

It could be a very young Grizzly Bear, maybe an immature coyote or wolf, or perhaps an Emperor Penguin at some stage in it development. It could be a nice salmon or a super King Crab or Lobster, perhaps its a snake or a bird of any sny number of species at different points of their development. It could be a young human being, it might be my great-grand-daughter.