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A porcupine fish niche? Porcupine fish predator? What eats porcupine fish? Does porcupine fish bloat? What eats porcupine puufer? What eats porcupine puffers? Climate of a porcupine fish? The porcupine fish lives were?
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In spite of this prickly suit of armor, there are some animals that prey on porcupines. The fisher is the most formidable predator, but great horned owls, coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, and wolves will make a meal out of the porcupine if there's an opportunity.
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www.iwrc-online.org/kids/Facts/Mammals/porcupine.htm
www.iwrc-online.org/kids/Facts/Mammals/porcupine.htm
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New World porcupines’ predators include martens, wolverines, pythons, eagles, and great horned owls. One porcupine predator, the fisher, is able to flip the North American porcupine onto its back, exposing its unprotected belly.
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www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-porcupine.html
www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-porcupine.html
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Predation and defense: Most carnivores would not pass up a meal of porcupine. However, an encounter between a young inexperienced predator and a porcupine can be a very painful experience. Some unfortunate carnivores have starved to death because a mouthful of quills has prevented them from eating.
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www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/smgame/porky.php
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Porcupines use their quills in two ways, defensively (as a shield made of barbs) and offensively (when they are driven into the predator). Upon contact, the porcupine needs to quickly separate from the quills, and thus separate from the enemy, so they have evolved unique quill-release systems.
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/informatio...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Erethizon_dorsatum.html
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The Erethizontidae is a family of rodents commonly known as the New World porcupines. The family consists of four genera and twelve ... One porcupine predator, the fisher, has been reintroduced to some areas of North America, where it has brought excessively large, damage-causing populations of Erethizon under control.
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Erethizontidae.html
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When a predator approaches, the porcupine will turn its back, raise the quills and lash out at the threat with its tail. If the porcupine hits an animal with its quills, the quills become embedded in the animal. Body heat makes the barbs expand and they become even more deeply embedded in the animal's skin.
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www.nhptv.org/natureworks/porcupine.htm
www.nhptv.org/natureworks/porcupine.htm
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The porcupine's barbed quills detach easily and can become painfully embedded in the skin of an attacker. Not only do they inflict painful wounds, ... If hit in the face, a predator such as the wolf, bobcat or mountain lion may die of starvation when they find it impossible to remove the quills and are thus unable to eat.
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www.desertusa.com/mag99/mar/papr/porcupine.html
www.desertusa.com/mag99/mar/papr/porcupine.html
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Like their close relative the puffer fish, Porcupine fish have an amazing ability to suddenly transform themselves into spiky balloons. ... No, I thought not…. and that’s why porcupine fish have few predators.
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alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/BLP/Powerpoints/WEBB4/tsld006.ht...
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