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WTBHCEOIYRVTJE SELTUHBAGRCED OSRMAVNKGLE A porcupine’s teeth keep growing every day, so they need to gnaw and gnaw on things to keep their teeth from getting too big. Circle every other letter to reveal a surprising fact about porcupine teeth. That’s the Tooth
porcupine is a peaceful and pokey animal. The word pokey has two
meanings. It can mean slow. Or it can mean something sharp that can poke or jab. Porcupines have sharp, pokey quills . These are how a porcupine protects itself from predators. They can also make a porcupine look larger and more scary.
Write down the numbers you nd along the correct path through the maze to learn how many quills there are on a porcupine. Making a Point
= G = H = I = N = O = P = R = T Use the code to discover what the word porcupine means.
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Don’t Stick Around! If a porcupine is attacked, its prickly quills come out and poke into the face or body of the attacker. Porcupines do not shoot their quills like arrows. But the quills come out easily when touched.
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At the end of each quill is a tiny hook, like a fishhook, which makes the quill puncture and stick into the skin of a predator.
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Whoa, Baby!
Standards Link: Science: Animals have distinctive adaptations to aid in survival. Porcupines have soft fur mixed with sharp quills. The quills lie flat until a porcupine is threatened.
Baby porcupines are called porcupettes . They are born covered in soft, bendable quills that harden a few days after they are born. When attacked, a porcupine rolls up into a ball. Imagine a spiky ball!
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