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🦁 Mammals

Porcupine facts for kids

Where the porcupine lives, what it eats, the sound it makes and a fun fact. Tap Tell me! and Buzzby reads it out loud.

🏠 Where does the porcupine live?
Forests of North America
🍽️ What does the porcupine eat?
Bark, leaves and twigs
🔊 What sound does it make, or how does it move?
Grunts and rattles its quills
✨ Fun fact
A porcupine has about 30,000 quills, and it cannot shoot them, they just come off when touched.

Ages 5 to 10 Mammals

All about the porcupine

The porcupine is one of the mammals in our Animal Kingdom. You can find it in forests of North America, and it eats bark, leaves and twigs. It grunts and rattles its quills. This page is a good fit for ages 5 to 10 (Kindergarten to 5th Grade), and Buzzby can read it out loud.

Is the porcupine one of the mammals?

Yes. Mammals have fur or hair, are warm blooded and feed their babies milk.

Talk about it

  • Have you ever seen a porcupine? Where was it?
  • What would you eat if you were a porcupine?
  • Can you make the porcupine's sound or move like it?

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