The Porcupine

by Trevahn

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How Big Are They? They are as big as a birthday cake.

What Colour are They? They are brown. Their eyes are dark. They are grey or this colour [yellow].

What Do they Eat? Porcupine eats the antlers. Porcupines have orange teeth. It looks like it is sticking out his tongue. One is eating the snow.

How Do they Sleep? Porcupines can be in a tree sleeping. It sleeps wherever it wants.

Where/How do They Live? They live everywhere if they are hungry and they have food.

How do They Move? They can climb the tree. They can walk. They have 4 legs. Even they have toes to help them climb the tree and not slide off.

Can They Do, or Do They Have, Anything Special? They are prickly. They have things that poke you. Porcupines sleep in the day and they play at night. I don’t want to play with a porcupine because it might spike me.

The Porcupine

by Paul

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How Big Are They? They are as heavy as a bucket of ice cream.

What Colour Are They? They are black. Some are cream or brown or black or grey. Their teeth are orange. The teeth look like a tongue.

What Do They Eat? They eat grass. Some eat snow. They eat branches, bark, and even those point things. They eat apples and fruit. Some eat potato chips they find when we are camping.

How Do They Sleep? They sleep in the daytime. It likes to wake up in the night time.

Where/How Do They Live? They go up trees. Their house is a den. They even go in water to eat salty plants.

How Do They Move? They walk on 4 legs. Their feet are bumpy. They have 5 claws on all 4 feet. They use them to climb trees. He uses his tail to climb down.

Can They Do/Have Anything Special? They have some poke things on them so they can’t get hurt by people. The spikes are quills. If an enemy comes, it uses its body like a flag to say “go away”. If that doesn’t work, it makes its teeth shiver to scare them. Sometimes, it makes smells to make people go away. It stinks like a skunk.