[DOC] [TLE] Puffer Fish Facts ~ Puffer Fish FAQ & Pictures - Ocean Facts, News ... [PAR] An inflated smooth puffer fish being held by a guide in the Florida mangroves. ... 
Porcupine fish have distended spikes even when deflated while puffers only 
show ... They need around 5 hours of rest after puffing up before their breathing 
rate is ... They have thick, rough skin and most species have spines covering their 
that... [DOC] [TLE] HIMB Community Education Program: Getting all Puffed Up [PAR] Jan 20, 2012 ... These fish crunch up crabs, snails, and oysters like they are popcorn. ... if you 
were hard to choke down, hence the usefulness of the puffing up bit. Of course 
there would be no reason to do this unless you were worried about being eaten. 
... Spiny puffers or porcupine fish have an additional defense in that... [DOC] [TLE] Rising 4th Grade ELA Packet #2 [PAR] that the porcupine fish gets it's name from the spines all over its body and head. (
5). These spines are very important to this fish. (6) If it is in danger, it can puff up... [DOC] [TLE] Porcupine Fish - Mystic Aquarium [PAR] Jun 29, 2011 ... Get Involved ... Porcupine Fish ... Found in all temperate, tropical and subtropical 
waters. ... These animals lack pelvic fins and typical fish scales. ... To puff up their 
size, fish in the family Diodontidae will inflate their flexible ... added defense of 
spines that become erect when they inflate and lie flat along their... [DOC] [TLE] Puffers - Boxfish - Porcupinefish, Families: Triodontidae ... [PAR] The Puffers, Boxfish, and Porcupinefish are usually very interesting fish to 
observe ... All of these fish, excluding the single species family, Triodontidae, are 
found in ... They have the ability to puff themselves up with water or air if 
threatened. ... like the Porcupine Puffer, the spines are controlled by the fish and 
become erect... [DOC] [TLE] Porcupinefish [PAR] As the porcupinefish puffs up, the spines on the skin stick straight out, ... ride 
inside these weeds allows the porcupinefish to be found in all the tropical oceans
. ... At night, the porcupinefish searches for hard-shelled sea urchins, snails and 
crabs. ... Most predators will remember getting sick from eating a porcupinefish 
and... [DOC] [TLE] 10 Weird Self-Inflating Animal Species - Listverse [PAR] Jan 3, 2014 ... Just like party balloons, these creatures use air sacs... ... mate, female cane toads 
inflate for the opposite reasonthey're playing hard to get. [DOC] [TLE] Puffer Care and Information - Reefnut.com [PAR] Puffers get their common name from their unique defensive ability to inflate their 
... The biggest aspect about a puffer is of course it's ability to "puff up"! ... So, as 
the fish is fully "puffed", all you really see is a mouth, a pair of eyes, a few fins, ... 
This is not to say that these fish are incapable of swimming using their tail fins, I'
ve... [DOC] [TLE] Spotted Porcupinefish | Oceana [PAR] However, an extensive genetic study of the Spotted Porcupinefish may ... very 
strong spines that cover their bodies and the ability to puff up like their ... The 
Spotted Porcupinefish, like all porcupinefishes, has very strong jaws and beak-
like teeth. ... teeth, reflecting the single tooth plate that these fishes have on each 
jaw. [DOC] [TLE] Tetraodontidae - Wikipedia [PAR] The Tetraodontidae are a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the 
order ... They are morphologically similar to the closely related porcupinefish, 
which have ... of the Tetraodontidae, which are only visible when the fish has 
puffed up). ... Not all puffers are necessarily poisonous; the flesh of the northern 
puffer is not... [DOC] [TLE] Pufferfish, Pufferfish Pictures, Pufferfish Facts - National Geographic [PAR] Learn all you wanted to know about pufferfish with pictures, videos, photos, facts, 
... Join now to share your images, take part in assignments, and get helpful ... To 
humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide.

Question: The porcupinefish is covered with these that become erect when it gets all puffed up
Answer: spines