Which animal has thorns on its body?

Which animal has thorns on its body?

Starfish. Hint: This animal also known as crown-of-thorns as it receives this name from venomous thorn-like spines that cover its upper surface, resembling the biblical crown of thorns. The body form of this animal has a central disk and radiating arms.

What is the most prickly animal?

The hedgehog is a prickly mammal that is covered with brown- and white-colored spines, although its head is also covered with hair. By way of protecting itself from predators, the hedgehog pulls its spines erect or reduces itself into a ball so as to keep its vulnerable belly out of the predators’ sight.

Which animal has needle like spikes on their body?

The weapon of choice? Its needle-clad armour. To fight off an attacker, a porcupine will ram its spiky backside into its predator, leaving the larger animal looking like a pincushion. Slender, sharp quills cover the body of the porcupine, protecting it against predators in the fields and forests it inhabits.

Which animal has sharp spines?

Hedgehogs
Hedgehog | National Geographic. Hedgehogs have a coat of stiff, sharp spines. If attacked they will curl into a prickly and unappetizing ball that deters most predators.

Which is the only mammal that can fly?

Bats
Bats are the only flying mammal. While the flying squirrel can only glide for short distances, bats are true fliers.

What animal has a spine?

Vertebrates
Vertebrates are animals that have a backbone or spinal column, also called vertebrae. These animals include fish, birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles. How are they classified? Vertebrates are classified by the chordate subphylum vertebrata.

What animals can fly without wings?

For example, an amazing variety of animals have learned to glide through the forest. They range from flying squirrels to flying lizards and frogs, and even snakes! Gliding ants—the only wingless insects known to actively direct their fall—were first observed last year outside Iquitos, Peru, by Yanoviak.

Do hedgehogs carry diseases harmful to humans?

Contact with hedgehogs can be a source of human Salmonella infections. Hedgehogs can be carrying Salmonella bacteria but appear healthy and clean and show no signs of illness. Salmonella bacteria are shed in their droppings and can easily contaminate their bodies and anything in the area where hedgehogs live and roam.

What has no eyes but can cry?

I can cry but I have no eyes. Crying is rain, they fly in the sky and darkness follows because they block the sun. A cloud.

Is it possible for humans to fly without wings?

Humans are not physically designed to fly. We cannot create enough lift to overcome the force of gravity (or our weight). It’s not only wings that allow birds to fly. Their light frame and hollow bones make it easier to counteract gravity.

Do hedgehogs attack humans?

Hedgehogs can bite you, but very rarely will that happen. They are strong enough to dig their teeth in to your flesh, however, they very rarely bite. I’ve only been bitten when I’ve woken up an adult hedgehog which was sleeping during the day.

What disease can hedgehogs give you?