Record #:

21037

Author(s):

Beane, Jeff

Abstract:

Beane explains how some creatures inhabiting our state--animals, snakes, amphibians--that lack claws, fangs, size, and protective armor, uses other devices to protect themselves. Some, such as opossums, make like carrion. Others, for example, hognose snakes, hedgehogs, and skunks, exude or excrete certain items that turn a would-be predators stomach.

Source:

North Carolina Naturalist (NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 18 Issue 2, Fall/Win 2010, p4-5, il

Subject(s):

Animals--Protective devices