Porcupines: The Animal Answer Guide

by Uldis Roze

Book Overview

Porcupines are prickly and often misunderstood creatures--get the facts.

Could a porcupine make a good pet? Do they ever stick themselves or other porcupines with their quills? In this latest addition to the Animal Answer Guide series, we learn about these mysterious animals' "pincushion defense," along with the following facts:

- Porcupines survive on a diet of leaves, bark, and fruit
- Quills are actually modified hairs
-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421407361
• ISBN13: 9781421407364
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher