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