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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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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.
Can porcupines shoot their quills at people?
no, that is a myth.
The quills are very loosely attached to the skin, so the slightest touch will make them come off the porcupine and stick into you.
Which animal would have low reproductive potential?
Elephants can often only have one baby once every four years. When they do get pregnant, they go through a gestation period of about 22 months long, followed by the offspring nursing from their mother for another two years after birth.
How do Porcupines prepare for Winter?
winter, are different in structure and location.Pre-winter dens are usually near favoriteroosting or feeding areas and consist primarilyof hollow trees. Winter dens are generally rockcrevices in steep-sloped areas and located awayfrom their preferred roosting or feeding sites. Astring of below freezing temperature daysstimulates porcupines to enter a permanentden. Where rock crevices are used for dens,porcupines commonly come out to feed atnight.Although porcupines prefer rock crevices forwinter dens, if these are not available, caves,live hollow trees, hollow logs, human outbuildings,and thickly branched crowns of evergreensare suitable substitutes. Den use by porcupinesis not mandatory, and some animals remainoutside all year. This is especially true in areaswhere evergreens are abundant and no suitablerock crevices are available. Hemlock, Douglasfir, white spruce, yellow pine, and white fir arefavorite trees for winter survival. In addition toproviding shelter, these conifer trees alsoprovide a convenient food source.Porcupines do not use bedding or nesting materialin the den but, instead, prefer a dry floor devoid ofleaves and debris. Large accumulations of fecesoccur since dens are used year after year. In moist,temperate climates, feces are decomposed by mites;however, in dry, arid climates, accumulated fecesform into an extremely hard concrete-like mass.Two factors influence springtime exit from aden: a series of days where temperatures areabove freezing and decreased snow pack. Inareas of deep, fluffy snow where travel isdifficult, porcupines leave den sites only whensnow pack diminishes.Porcupines are nocturnal animals and active allyear. However, much time is spent resting intrees called "rest trees." Use of a den or rest treeis evident by the presence of broken quills,recent scats, and the pungent odor of urine.Rest trees are a critical component of theirhabitat, even during adverse winter weather
Is a hedgehog more closely related to a porcupine or a mole?
No, they are not related to Porcupines, which are rodents. Hedgheogs are most closely related to shrews, and yes, more distantly, moles.
Does porcupine take care of its young?
Yes they do. Young Porcupine's are extremely vulnerable to everything. They are mammals and produce milk for the young. However like all species there are rogue mothers how abandon there young.
Squirrles eat nuts and store them in the stomach and keep the food while hibernating. not only squirrels but also all other hibernating animals will eat lots of their common diet to store fat to use up during the long winter
Why are porcupines quills so hard to remove?
Porcupines have needles to protect themselves. Predators do not want to be stuck with the needles so they avoid hunting and eat this animal.
