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How has a giraffe adapted to survive?

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Discover why giraffes are much more than the world’s tallest mammals. Learn how their young are welcomed, rather rudely, into the world.

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Scientific Name:

Hystricidae, Erethizontidae

Average Life Span In The Wild:

5 to 7 years

Size:

Head and body: 25 to 36 inches; tail: 8 to 10 inches

Size relative to a teacup:

The porcupine is the prickliest of rodents, though its Latin name means "quill pig." There are more than two dozen porcupine species, and all boast a coat of needle-like quills to give predators a sharp reminder that this animal is no easy meal. Some quills, like those of Africa's crested porcupine, are nearly a foot long.

Porcupine Quills

Porcupines have soft hair, but on their back, sides, and tail it is usually mixed with sharp quills. These quills typically lie flat until a porcupine is threatened, then leap to attention as a persuasive deterrent. Porcupines cannot shoot them at predators as once thought, but the quills do detach easily when touched.

Many animals come away from a porcupine encounter with quills protruding from their own snouts or bodies. Quills have sharp tips and overlapping scales or barbs that make them difficult to remove once they are stuck in another animal's skin. Porcupines grow new quills to replace the ones they lose.

Behavior and Habitat

The porcupines found in North and South America are good climbers and spend much of their time in trees. Some even have prehensile (gripping) tails to aid in climbing. The North American porcupine is the only species that lives in the U.S. and Canada, and is the largest of all porcupines. A single animal may have 30,000 or more quills. North American porcupines use their large front teeth to satisfy a healthy appetite for wood. They eat natural bark and stems, and have been known to invade campgrounds and chew on canoe paddles. North American porcupines also eat fruit, leaves, and springtime buds.

Other porcupine species live in Africa, Europe, and Asia. These animals usually live on the ground and can inhabit deserts, grasslands, and forests.

Female porcupines have between one and four young, depending on the species. Babies have soft quills at birth, which harden within a few days. Most young porcupines are ready to live on their own at about two months of age.

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Scientific Name: Hystricidae, Erethizontidae Average Life Span In The Wild: 5 to 7 years Size: Head and body: 25 to 36 inches; tail: 8 to 10 inches Size relative to a teacup: The porcupine is the prickliest of rodents, though its Latin name means "quill pig."

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He is born on February 12th 1809 at England

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Match the traits with the living thing and state if they are a disadvantage or advantage.

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Match the traits with the living thing and state if they are a disadvantage or advantage.

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Share your similarities and differences between apes, neanderthals and humans.

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Share your similarities and differences between apes, neanderthals and humans.

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Name of group:

Similarities:

Differences:

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i have the same hair color as my parent.

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me and my dad all like to watch tv

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birth/biological parent · adoptive mother/father · [more]

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Task 1a. What characteristics do you have in common with your dad?

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Task 1a. What characteristics do you have in common with your dad?

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Task 1b. What characteristics do you have in common with your mum?

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Task 1b. What characteristics do you have in common with your mum?

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to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly:

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Extinction