Little Porcupine's Winter Den

Little Porcupine's Winter Den PDF Author: Susan Thompson-Hoffman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568991405
Category : Porcupines
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Tells about Little Porcupine looking for food on a snowy day.

Little Porcupine's Winter Den

Little Porcupine's Winter Den PDF Author: Susan Thompson-Hoffman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568991405
Category : Porcupines
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
Tells about Little Porcupine looking for food on a snowy day.

The North American Porcupine

The North American Porcupine PDF Author: Uldis Roze
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801446467
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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"Long and sympathetic watching, radio tracking, chemical analysis are all part of this naturalist's ingenious and peaceable arsenal of inquiry into the lives of porcupines."--Scientific American

A Porcupine's Promenade

A Porcupine's Promenade PDF Author: Lyn Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781633810914
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Tracking & the Art of Seeing

Tracking & the Art of Seeing PDF Author: Paul Rezendes
Publisher: Camden House Publishing (Ontario, CA)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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This book will help anyone who is interested to re-enter the ancient dialogue between animals and humans, a dialogue which is at the core of a nondestructive way of being in nature.

Porcupines

Porcupines PDF Author: Uldis Roze
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421407590
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237

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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 • There are 26 species of porcupines (and counting) • Old World and New World porcupines have a common ancestor but evolved independently • New World males will gather to fight ferociously over a single female Porcupines: The Animal Answer Guide presents solid, current science in the field of porcupine biology. Uldis Roze compares and contrasts porcupines in terms of body plan, behavior, ecology, reproduction, and evolutionary relationships. He examines the diversity of porcupines from around the world—from North and South America to Africa and Asia. This guide explores the interactions between humans and porcupines, including hunting, use of quills by aboriginal societies, efforts to poison porcupines, and human and pet injuries (and deaths) caused by porcupines. Roze also highlights the conservation issues that surround some porcupine species, such as the thin-spine porcupine of Brazil, which is so rare that it was thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in the 1980s.

Of Wolves and Men

Of Wolves and Men PDF Author: Barry Holstun Lopez
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743249364
Category : Gray wolf
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Ereth's Birthday

Ereth's Birthday PDF Author: Avi
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062453939
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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The fourth book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal–winning author Avi, with illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning artist Brian Floca, is available as an ebook for the first time! Erethizon Dorsatum—better known as Ereth, the self-centered, foul-tempered old porcupine—is having a birthday. And he fully expects his best friend Poppy, a deer mouse, to help him celebrate in a grand manner. But Poppy has gone off somewhere with her husband, Rye, and it appears she has forgotten all about it. "Belching Beavers," says Ereth, "I am not angry!" (Though, perhaps he is—and more than just a little.) Ereth knows his special occasion deserves a special treat—even if he has to get it for himself. And what treat could be more special than tasty salt? But the nearest salt is located deep in the forest, in a cabin occupied by fur hunters, who have set out traps to capture the Dimwood Forest animals. In one of the traps, Ereth finds Leaper the Fox—who, with her dying breath, begs the prickly porcupine to take care of her three boisterous young kits, Tumble, Nimble, and Flip. "Jellied walrus warts!" Ereth exclaims, but reluctantly agrees. Certainly this day is not going as he planned—and it's only just the beginning! Not only does Ereth suddenly have a rambunctious new family to take care of, but he's being stalked by Marty the Fisher, the one creature in Dimwood Forest who can do him harm. And Bounder, the father of the three little foxes, remembers all too well the nose full of quills he got a while back from the grumpy old animal who now fancies himself the leader of the den. He too sets out to show Ereth who's boss. Throw in an unexpected snowstorm, and all in all, it adds up to one birthday Ereth the porcupine is never going to forget, not even if he lives to be a hundred and twenty-two!

The Real Minerva

The Real Minerva PDF Author: Mary Sharratt
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547346883
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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A “memorable [and] entertaining” novel of three strong women in 1920s small-town Minnesota by the author of Revelations (The Washington Post Book World). Winner of the Willa Literary Award Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award In a Midwestern farming community in 1923, as book-loving Penny enters adolescence, her mother, Barbara, pulls her out of school to send her to work. Destined to become a cleaning woman like her mother, Penny sees no escape from her bleak existence—until a scandalous figure arrives in the town of Minerva, Minnesota: Cora, very pregnant, very headstrong, and very alone, has come to make a home on her grandfather’s farm. Intrigued by this curious new resident, Penny sets out to work for Cora, setting into motion events that will change multiple lives. Drawing on her mother’s and grandmother’s stories of Minnesota farm life in the early twentieth century, acclaimed author Mary Sharratt has created a suspenseful and moving novel about the strength of women and the unexpected friendships that form between them. “A paean to the bond between mothers and daughters . . . engrossing.” —Booklist “Wonderful.” —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of With or Without You

NA PORCUPINE

NA PORCUPINE PDF Author: Uldis Roze
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Roze (ecology and biology, Queens College) discusses life-history strategies in these long-lived animals: reproduction, territorial expansion or contraction, dispersal. Cloth edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

You Are Mine, Porcupine

You Are Mine, Porcupine PDF Author: Helen L. Wilbur
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1534166688
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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With a French name that means "spiny pig" and wearing a coat containing needle-sharp quills, the porcupine is usually not thought of as a cuddly mammal. Unless, of course, one is a porcupine's mother. And who better than mama porcupine to remind her little one of all the wonderful physical characteristics that make him unique, as she helps him explore his world. Rhyme and witty wordplay take readers through a night in the life of a young porcupine, relaying facts about its environment, eating habits, and physical attributes. Budding naturalists and readers of all ages will enjoy learning about the not-often-seen but mighty fine porcupine. STEM-based back matter includes photos and additional information.