Porkupin Ollie Florida Bashny.Net

This amazing animal like a hedgehog lives in a zoo -pererostka St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (Florida). It porkupin or North American tree porcupine Ollie (Ollie).

Zoo specializes in alligators, but there are many other animals, and Ollie is one of the favorites of the general visitors and the zoo keepers.
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In total there are 23 species of tree porcupine. All tree porcupines live in the Western Hemisphere. And in North America settled only porkupin.

The length of an adult porkupin reaches 86 cm. Its distinguishing feature - a long thick bristly tail, necessary for defense. It is necessary to attack the enemy, and the tail starts to work like a real hammer. And this is important, because the meat of tree porcupine love martens, fishers, bobcats and cougars.

This funny animal warm fur coat, but on the tail and back among the fur hairs sticking out sharp and durable 11-cm needle. Scientists are not lazy and counted them - it turned out that the needles are about 30 thousand. On paws have porkupina tenacious, sharp claws and long, specially adapted to climb up the tree branches and trunks.