Trying to figure out the best way to keep up with this ever growing assignment. I think I'll make weekly posts keeping track with what we're doing, but will continue to keep the whole field guide back in mid-August..
Chapter 11: A Fellow with a Thousand Spears
Prickly Porky
North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
North American Porcupine Coloring Page (Plate 59)
1. He eats bark, twigs, and leaves.
2. He is nocturnal.
3. He likes to eat salt.
4. His enemies include the fisher, the panther, and the bear (animals who know to turn him over and eat him from his tummy).
5. He is a Plantigrade mammal - he puts his whole foot flat on the ground (like bears, coons, and men).
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