Power Point by Jamie
*Porcupinefat chubby things
* Introduction*Porcupines are animals
that lives all over the place. *You can even fined one
Darien.* Porcupines are also a
rodent.
*What A Porcupines Like
* Porcupines have brownish grayish fur. * They have black eyes. * They have white quills that can really hurt
even deadly so they protect them.* Porcupines have tiny black noes * They have long sharp orange teeth that never
stop growing.
*More of What They Look Like
*Porcupines have this look because they need to blend in with the woods.*Weight 12to35 pounds size 12to34 inches.*They are short and fat.
*Life Span
*Porcupines start from babies to 15 years old then… they die
*HABITAT AND Climate
*Porcupines can live in an weather rain,snow,huricanes,warm,and cold*Porcupines live in America, Mexico, and
Canada and here in CT
*What A Porcupine Eats
*Porcupines are herbivores so they only eat bark, branches, leaves, flowers ,fruit , and nuts so they are herbivores.
*Prey
*Porcupines don’t have prey because of their quills. *Predators are scared of them.
*Predator
*Porcupines do not have prey because they are herbivores
*Porcapets--Babies
*Porcapets are babies*They are cute as you can
see. *This porcapet is just born.* Porcupines love to climb
trees *baby porcapets need y
porcupines. to learn how to climb trees.
*How They BehavePorcupines are not very social spending most of their time alone
But they are a lot more social in the winterThey love to clime trees to get food up in a tree
*Physical Adaptations
*They long sharp front teeth. *Sharp claws to help feed on bark and twigs high of the
ground.*They don’t hibernate during the winters.*Over 3,000 quills to help protect them.
*Behavioral Adaptations
*Porcupines turn their bodies so the predator will run right into his quills.* Quills can deadly to the thing attacking
them. *Porcupines don’t fall out of trees because
they are have trouble coming down because their claws give them a good grip.
*Physiological Adaptations
*The quills are a genius defense because they release when something touches them.* Each quill has a fishhook at the end.* The quills really hurt. It can even be deadly because they push in farther when you move. They do not pull out easily.
*Interesting Facts
*It is good that they are nocturnal because they walk slowly and wont be seen are get hit by cars.
Porcupines sleep in trees. Porcupines are also known as quill pigs