PorcupinesPorcupines

May, 24, 2010May, 24, 2010

IntroductionIntroduction

Do you want to learn Do you want to learn about the fantastic about the fantastic porcupine? If you do porcupine? If you do read on. You will learn read on. You will learn about the porcupines about the porcupines amazing physical amazing physical characteristics, its characteristics, its awesome habitat, and its awesome habitat, and its adaptations. adaptations.

Physical CharacteristicsPhysical Characteristics

This is what porcupines look like. This is what porcupines look like. Porcupines have millions of Porcupines have millions of quills! The quills help the quills! The quills help the porcupine be protected from porcupine be protected from predators. Splash splash splash predators. Splash splash splash porcupines like to swim in lakes porcupines like to swim in lakes sometimes. Do you know that sometimes. Do you know that when porcupines lose their quills when porcupines lose their quills new quills grow only in seconds? new quills grow only in seconds? Porcupines don’t shoot quills at Porcupines don’t shoot quills at predators because they cant. But predators because they cant. But they can run up and hit the they can run up and hit the animals with their quills. Adult animals with their quills. Adult porcupines use quills as braces to porcupines use quills as braces to climb trees. Now you know what climb trees. Now you know what porcupines look like.porcupines look like.

HabitatHabitat

The porcupine has many different The porcupine has many different habitats. One of them is trees. Do habitats. One of them is trees. Do you know that the porcupine you know that the porcupine sometimes live underground? If sometimes live underground? If you are looking for a porcupine you are looking for a porcupine the best place to look is the forest. the best place to look is the forest. Like 100 porcupines live in Like 100 porcupines live in forests in African areas. In winter forests in African areas. In winter lots of porcupines live in trees. lots of porcupines live in trees. Porcupines like to live on twigs or Porcupines like to live on twigs or leaves to sleep. If you learned a leaves to sleep. If you learned a lot about porcupines wait until lot about porcupines wait until you read about their adaptations. you read about their adaptations.

AdaptationsAdaptations

Last but not least is the porcupines Last but not least is the porcupines adaptations. Porcupines have adaptations. Porcupines have strong curved claws to climb trees strong curved claws to climb trees for sleeping and getting food. Do for sleeping and getting food. Do you know they have rough pebbly you know they have rough pebbly soles on there feet to grip tree soles on there feet to grip tree trunks? Porcupines also have a trunks? Porcupines also have a muscular tail for balancing in muscular tail for balancing in trees. Porcupines have poor eye trees. Porcupines have poor eye sight but a great sense of smell sight but a great sense of smell and hearing. Now you know how and hearing. Now you know how the porcupine survives. the porcupine survives.

ConclusionConclusion

Now do you think porcupines Now do you think porcupines are awesome? I hope you are awesome? I hope you learned a lot about learned a lot about porcupines physical porcupines physical characteristics habit and characteristics habit and adaptations. If you want to adaptations. If you want to learn more I hope you will learn more I hope you will research the porcupine like I research the porcupine like I did.did.