The Porcupine

The porcoupine is a small a nimal that has many quills on its back. This animal was 1 of the firsts animals that Brian, the main characterof the Hatchet novel meets. Also, is the second largest rodent of all Canada, after the beaver.

Porcoupines are sometimes dirty because many of the time they make their own shelter with his own poop,but even sometimes they go to live to natural shelters like caves or old buildings.

Finally, thanks to his quills the porcoupine can protect from depredators like the fox and the coyote. If porcoupines couldn't have quills, they woud be almost extint.