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Some animals have specific behaviours to protect themselves from the
enemies. Let us identify what these specific behaviours are.

Porcupines will run into their burrows when they are attacked. If they fail

to escape, porcupines will raise the sharp spines on their bodies to scare
the enemies. The enemies trying to touch porcupines’ bodies will be pierced
with those sharp spines.

SCIENCE INFO

Porcupines’ spines are actually
hard prickly quills that protect
them. They can reach up to
30 000 spines. These spines can
stick on the skin of the enemies
that are trying to catch or touch
the porcupines.

porcupine

When pufferfish feel threatened, they
will inflate their bodies that have
sharp spines three times of their size to
scare the enemies. Pufferfish are also
poisonous.
pufferfish

Pufferfish are poisonous and have sharp spines.
However, the pufferfish often become prey. Why?

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