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Porcupine

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Cavonna Foreste

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Appearance

Size: 25 to 36 inches

Weight: 12 to 35 pounds

Kind of skin covering: very thick fur under their guard hairs

Color: gray ,black and white

Other facts about appearance: seems cute but actually dangerous

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Habitat

Part of the world it lives in: North and South America

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Environment (living area):forest, rocky mountain area, dessert, and the prairie.

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Food

They eat leaves, fruit, and the inner layer of bark

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Gets its food by: They forage for their food

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Enemies

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Protects itself by: it has fused hairs that are called quills, that are sharp bristles, on its back. They detach when an animal attacks a porcupine. They will also stomp their feet to prick their up their quills so they can charge their enemies.

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Other Interesting Facts

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Porcupine are sometimes found in trees

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Porcupines can’t shoot their quills

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