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Porcupines
Porcupines are large, spine covered rodents that like a diet high in salt. Those in the Americas sometimes choose to live in trees, even though their distant relatives in Africa, Europe, and Asia prefer more grounded lifestyles. In the Order: rodent and Class: Rodentia, they need to gnaw constantly. Typical questions relate to the porcupine's uses of its quills, survival threats, preferred foods, interactions with people and wildlife, geographic ranges, and defensive behaviors.
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A porcupine is a mammal with sharp needles for defense. It is a herbivore and lives in the smuggy parts of North America. All porcupines also have the ability to float in water.
What does a porcupine enemies?
Porcupines protect themselves with the spiny quills on their backs, and are members of the rodent family. Their enemies are coyotes and cougars.
It lives in saltwater...it can't survive freshwater.
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 is the porcupine's competition?
Other porcupines in order to live. This competition caused by overpopulation, causes the population to decrease which as the result kills the porcupines. The porcupine competes with other porcupines for for food, water, and other limiting factors.
Do porcupines have pointed ears?
No. No they do not. Not only are their physical features very distinct, but their scents are entirely different.
To begin with, porcupines have a coat of sharp spines, or quills that set them apart from all other animals. Obviously, beavers do not carry this trait. Beavers have webbed feet and a long, wide tail. The tail of the porcupine is neither long or wide and porcupine's feet are not webbed. Next, beavers are the second largest rodent. Porcupines are the third largest rodent. This means that beavers are larger then porcupines. As you can see, beavers are completely different animals and have no true resemblance whatsoever. Sorry to all of those out there who thought they resembled each other.
Also, please note that just because these animals might be related, does not mean they look alike.
Oh, and just because you draw spikes on a beaver, does not mean it actually looks like a porcupine. You could probably draw spikes on a toaster and make it look like a porcupine.
Which animals would survive a flood?
Ralph Helfer was one of the premier animal behaviorists in America in the 1960's and 70's, and had property in Southern California that became a nature refuge. In 1969, there was a series of torrential downpours that contributed to flooding in the area, and nine of Helfer's 1500 animals were lost.
Well it depends what kind of animals you are talking about. The importance of air to fish, for instance, in to stay away from it. If you are talking dogs or cats or any other domestic, or undomestic animal, the importance is just the same as ours, mostly because there insides are very much alike to ours.
Are porcupines marsupials or egg-layers?
Neither: they are placental mammals, meaning the young are fully developed via the placenta, and not externally, in the pouch.
The only egg laying mammals (monotremes) are found in Australia, and one species of echidna is also found in New Guinea.
Why does a porcupine have quills?
It ducts its head to protect its unprotected face and underside, positions itself to where its tail is facing the foe, and backs itself into it. The quills stick in, and are hard to get out. If the quills get in the mouth, the offender might not be able to eat.
How does a porcupine adapt to it's natural environment?
i can understand your problem unlike these other idiots you know that it has quills it also has adapted claws and brown fur for camofluage
What animals can see very well?
A hawk can see mice from high up in the sky, because they don't have a certain bit of their eye that stops UV light coming through like we do so they see blue blotches in their eyes which resemble mice and they also have telescopic vision so they can zoom in on the blue blotches which then appear as mice and then it lockes its eyes on to it so it doesnt lose its prey.
What animals lie at the base of nelsons column?
Lions are at the base of Nelson's Column. They are 20 feet long and 22 feet high and were added in 1867. Designed by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, each is placed at an outside diagonal to serve as guardians. They also add visual interest and weight at the base of the column.
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You could get a hedgehog and they go for 100-200$ Much less stupid then a porcupine.
