danmccullough, to nature
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Last year, we learned our porcupines do not like getting their paws wet. So my wife built them a little stone bridge to cross the 1 inch deep trench 🥹 They seem to have mastered it! Anything to not get wet. Even if they’re already soaked from the pouring rain…

17 second, black and white trailcam footage of a beefy porcupine lumbering down an old path to an 8 inch wide trench that carries water from the forest to the brook. It approaches cautiously, check the stones that have been placed as a bridge, and slowly walks across. The video is taken in the middle of the night and it is raining.

danmccullough, to nature
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This should put an end to the age old question - “what do porcupines do when they have an itch?”

16 second black and white trailcam video taken at night. A porcupine is seen raising its rear leg and scratching its side like a dog or cat would - quickly and over and over in the same spot. After 12 seconds it lumbers off up the trail.

danmccullough, to nature
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After the bear came traipsing through my front yard, word must have gotten out to all the local forest creatures, that this is where the wild things go.

This porcupine owned it.

A 12 second video shot through a house window of a porcupine ambling through my yard. It’s walking along the edge of the grass and forest. You can make out its quills against its dark fur.

jerzone, to animals
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A friend posted this on Strava yesterday after her dog joyfully rolled on a carcass while they were out on trail. Guess we know what that animal used to be! The good news is she pulled them all out (not deeply seated from rubbing vs. slamming into live porcupine?), but the bad news was the smell.
I love the photo, it's like, “what? I was having fun!”



canyakker, to nature
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I noticed quite a few trees that had been debarked higher up in their crowns.
That's the work of a Porcupine aka Stachelschwein.
Beavers eat bark from the ground up, Porcupines start from a safer height further up.

Rasta, to random
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Have you hugged your porcupine today?

art_history_animalia, to animals
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+ : 165 & 349 “ “
Usually these tile pairs are duplicate compositions, but not these! 👀
From the ongoing search for all the from the 420 original 1906 tile by Henry on the Capitol floor.

tile floor mosaic depicting a porcupine in heavily puffed up side profile, body in same color as floor tiles, square composition with decorative border…much less worn from lighter foot traffic, original number “348” and label “PORCVPINE” clearly readable

Rasta, to random
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Tried to keep one as a pet, when I was a kid..
@ForfarFairLady 😎​
They are cute, the babies, even cuter
(that's why I say, leather gloves for petting)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_porcupine

Alanwolf, to maine
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I came across this porcupine kit/yearling on the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, Maine. It was grazing on the plants growing among the crack in the rocks.

danmccullough, to random
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“The Porcupine That Didn’t Like To Get Its Paws Wet, Part 1”

We have a small stream of water that runs through our property on its way to the brook. It’s a great spot for a . This past summer I began to see footage of this one that REALLY didn’t like having to cross this tiny width of water.

To be continued…

This is a 20 second video of a large porcupine ambling its way down a forested trail until it stops at a small stream of water. It’s about 10 inches across but the porcupine is NOT going to just walk in. Instead it looks at several crossing spots before determining one is ok. But still it slowly lowers one front paw in and pulls it back. Then another. You can almost see the sheer repulsion on its face. Finally it is able to cross without getting wet. The video is black and white and recorded during the night.

markarayner, to Halloween
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Adorable!

[sound on for all the delightful num-num noises Teddy makes as he tucks into a fall treat of delectable mini-pumpkins]

Video Description: a porcupine has a conversation (amid noises of pleasure) with its keeper, as it eats delicious, delicious mini-pumpkins

risavisven, to Furry
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My porcupine sona! I rlly like tanukis but I don't feel like they represent me well. Porcus are one of my fav animals too ^^

Most of the time her quills lay flat, it only comes out when she feels threatened or furious. It's hidden somewhere in her hair. Pat at your own risk.

Old drawing from 2022

art_history_animalia, to random
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For a belated :
Akan artist
Ashanti Region, Ghana
Weight (abrammuo) of a (kotoko)
18th to late 19th c.
Copper alloy
spotted at Smithsonian National Museum of

screenshot of the digital display label: [photo] Akan artist Ashanti Region, Ghana Weight (abrammuo) of a porcupine (kotoko) 18th to late 19th century Copper alloy Gift of Philip L. Ravenhill in memory of Sylvia H. Williams, 96-42-3

evelynefoerster, to random
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Stachelschwein Junge
Baby porcupines 🥰
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaX_Ofvhfk4

JonBowie, to random

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