AmaZing Animals
Viewing comments for Chapter 16 "AmaZing Animal - P"The A-Z of animals and facts
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Comment from lyenochka
Another wonderful post about animals. I didn't know that there were so many different kinds of porcupines. I thought they all looked like the African ones. I've never seen a live one. And I'm very glad the quills are soft at birth!
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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Another wonderful post about animals. I didn't know that there were so many different kinds of porcupines. I thought they all looked like the African ones. I've never seen a live one. And I'm very glad the quills are soft at birth!
Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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Thank you, Helen! You and most other women have said that about the birthing. I rather think they would be extinct by now if they were sharp! Can you see the females allowing that? LOL Have a lovely day, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
Comment from Ric Myworld
What a great little book this is going to be. For children and adults, and especially, big kids like me. I look forward to reading every chapter. Thanks for sharing another fine chapter.
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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What a great little book this is going to be. For children and adults, and especially, big kids like me. I look forward to reading every chapter. Thanks for sharing another fine chapter.
Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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Thank you, Ric, for another lovely review, that was so kind of you. Have a lovely day, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
Comment from tfawcus
I had no idea that there were so many different varieties of porcupine, including some that climb trees. It seems as though they're unlikely to become an endangered species, though mating must be a delicate business! I can never think of porcupines without also thinking of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Story of the Beginning of the Armadillos - 'Can't curl, but can swim-- Stickly-Prickly, that's him! Curls up, but can't swim-- Slow-Solid, that's him!' Out of sixes, I'm afraid!
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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I had no idea that there were so many different varieties of porcupine, including some that climb trees. It seems as though they're unlikely to become an endangered species, though mating must be a delicate business! I can never think of porcupines without also thinking of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Story of the Beginning of the Armadillos - 'Can't curl, but can swim-- Stickly-Prickly, that's him! Curls up, but can't swim-- Slow-Solid, that's him!' Out of sixes, I'm afraid!
Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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If you want to find out how they mate, I've now put it in my author's notes. I'd like opinions on whether to include it in my book. I must also add in the overall facts that porcupines do swim very well, their hollow quills keep them afloat. I forgot to add that! There are such a lot of interesting facts on all the animals I'm featuring, it's hard to know what to put in and what to leave out. But the swimming must go in as I doubt many people would know that.
Right, back to your review!! LOL Thank you so much, Tony, for all your lovely comments, I love that part of Rudyard Kipling's but didn't know it, or if I did, I forgot it, :)) my head is anywhere but where it should be!! Thank you for your continued support of my ABC book, my friend. How's the book coming along? Have a lovely week. :)) Sandra xx
Comment from Robert Zimmerman
Hello Sandra.
Porcupines are very interesting little creatures. They are not very huggable but they do have a cute little face. I touched one once with a pair of heavy-duty gloves on.
I was always curious about one thing. You said they have one baby at a time. How do they do it?
I liked your poem in the story.
Robert
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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Hello Sandra.
Porcupines are very interesting little creatures. They are not very huggable but they do have a cute little face. I touched one once with a pair of heavy-duty gloves on.
I was always curious about one thing. You said they have one baby at a time. How do they do it?
I liked your poem in the story.
Robert
Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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Thank you so much for your lovely review, Robert, I'm glad you enjoyed reading it, and that you liked my poem. To answer your question ... how? I've now put that information in my author's notes because I've been asked a few times. I've decided not to put it in my book, though! Lol. Have a lovely day, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
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You're welcome.
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I read your notes about "dating." The kids probably don't care about that. 😁
Now I can probably say I know about everything. HAHAHAHAHA
Comment from lancellot
This was very informative. It really reads like an animal encyclopedia that you find in a grade school library. Your grandson is very lucky. When this is published and it should be. He can tell everyone it was made for him.
Well written. Kids will enjoy it.
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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This was very informative. It really reads like an animal encyclopedia that you find in a grade school library. Your grandson is very lucky. When this is published and it should be. He can tell everyone it was made for him.
Well written. Kids will enjoy it.
Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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Thank you so much for this really lovely review, Lancellot, and all the shiny stars! I'm delighted you enjoyed it. It will be published, but whether I can get it done traditionally, I'll have to see. But, if not, I'll self publish. Thank you for those encouraging words, they really mean a lot. Have a lovely day! :)) Sandra xx
Comment from Ben Colder
They are interesting and I never knew they lived in trees. I have seen these creatures but always on the ground moving about from place to place.
We have them here in the south and you are right about the hunting dogs too.
Good one Sandy.
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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They are interesting and I never knew they lived in trees. I have seen these creatures but always on the ground moving about from place to place.
We have them here in the south and you are right about the hunting dogs too.
Good one Sandy.
Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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It seems no one on here knew they lived in trees, and yet most of them do. (I didn't know either until I researched it!! Lol)
Thank you so much for the shiny stars, my friend, and the lovely review. Have a wonderful day! :)) Sandy. xxx
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We are improving some of the so-call helpers have good ideas others, well you know the score.
Yes, we both get better as we travel on. LOL.
Comment from Bichon
Thank you for another great animal post! We don't have porcupines over here I don't think, the closest thing I've ever seen are hedgehogs. I would not like to get too close to them though!
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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Thank you for another great animal post! We don't have porcupines over here I don't think, the closest thing I've ever seen are hedgehogs. I would not like to get too close to them though!
Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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Thank you, Chloe, I'm glad you enjoyed this one too. I've just checked out where you live,, and no Ireland is like the rest of the UK in that. I do like the hedgehogs, I think they are a lot safer than the porcupine and I'm not upset that we don't have them! Thanks again, my friend, have a lovely day. :)) Sandra xx
Comment from damommy
I did not know they live in trees. I assumed they had nests on the ground somewhere. Very interesting. Thank goodness the quills are soft at birth. Can you imagine otherwise? Owie!!!
I didn't know there were so many different kinds, and the one that looks prehistoric is a big frightening. In the movie about the two dogs and one cat going home, they encounter a porcupine that the youngest can't resist. I always remember when he said, "He bit me with his butt!" hahahaha
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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I did not know they live in trees. I assumed they had nests on the ground somewhere. Very interesting. Thank goodness the quills are soft at birth. Can you imagine otherwise? Owie!!!
I didn't know there were so many different kinds, and the one that looks prehistoric is a big frightening. In the movie about the two dogs and one cat going home, they encounter a porcupine that the youngest can't resist. I always remember when he said, "He bit me with his butt!" hahahaha
Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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I'd forgotten about that film, it was brilliant, wasn't it. That was so funny about the being bitten by his butt! Lol, that's just what an animal would say if it could talk! Thank you so much for another lovely review, my friend. I'll be starting on Q tomorrow. That will be fun. Have a lovely day! Sandra xx
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
You did a great job, Sandra, with the porcupine chapter. I enjoyed everything from your husband's artwork to your poem and the information about these animals. I didn't know there were two branches of porcupines or that the babies foraged for food so soon after birth. You are more than half way through the abc's. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Respectfully, Jan
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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You did a great job, Sandra, with the porcupine chapter. I enjoyed everything from your husband's artwork to your poem and the information about these animals. I didn't know there were two branches of porcupines or that the babies foraged for food so soon after birth. You are more than half way through the abc's. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Respectfully, Jan
Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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Thank you, Jan, for another of your lovely reviews. Yes, including the Q, I have 10 more to do! I am enjoying the research part, and have found all the subjects so interesting. I'm so pleased you are enjoying reading about them, too. You've been so encouraging. Bless your heart. Have a lovely day, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
Comment from Cindy Warren
I guessed another one wrong. I was thinking penguin or perhaps panda. I never would have guessed porcupine. I wonder how they mate without him getting a belly full of quills! I didn't know there was a species that could use its tail like a monkey. I learned something new, too.
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reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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I guessed another one wrong. I was thinking penguin or perhaps panda. I never would have guessed porcupine. I wonder how they mate without him getting a belly full of quills! I didn't know there was a species that could use its tail like a monkey. I learned something new, too.
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Comment Written 12-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 13-Jul-2020
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You're allowed one mistake, let's see if you get Q right! :)) I have put the explanation in my author's notes on how they mate because some have asked. It won't be going in my finished book though. I still think it's a precarious thing to do, and I think if we were like them we would soon become extinct!! LOL. Thanks my friend. Have a lovely day. :)) Sandra xx
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I don't think there are many q's. Quahog. Quail. Quetzal. I think I'll go with quetzal. He's probably the most interesting.