Have you ever met a cuddly, prickly porcupine

Have you ever met a cuddly, prickly porcupine?

3/18/2020

"The wonders of nature are endless."
~Walt Disney

Brazilian Porcupine

Since so many schools are closed down to the Covid 19 pandemic many sites and teachers are offering free lessons. We homeschool and love finding new things to learn. Changing how we teach here and there keeps the kids more engaged and less likely to get bored.

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's is hosting a different animal every day this week for the children to watch and learn about. There is a quiz, art challenge, or project to do with each one. Today was make a porcupine. Of course each child was up and ready to do this craft. We used mixed media between paper, yarn, clay, pencils, markers, and pens. Each one is different from the next. The kiddos made videos to talk about their porcupine with some facts on them. Some of the facts are accurate and some are a little made up. See Chloe's Easter Bunny/porcupine combo.

Fun Facts About Brazilian Porcupines:

Latin Name: Coendou prehensilis
Can grow up to 1.7 feet long and weigh up to 11 pounds.
Known to live up to 17 years.
Live in the tropical rainforest.
Eat a diet of mostly bark, shoots, fruits, leaves and sometimes small animals.
They are nocturnal.
Eye sight isn't that great.
Good climbers and use their tail to climb.
Smell like onions.
Related to rodents for the family animals.
Poop out tree seeds which can help the rainforest to grow more trees.

Check out the Cincinnati Zoo and their wonderful animals. All our projects are below. The porcupine at the top is from Wikipedia Commons. They are adorable little creatures.