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Porcupines are often seen in our area. Most of the time you will spot them dining in the trees. On the ground they lumber quite slowly, but they can shimmy up a tree in a hurry. The names translate back to thorny pig.
When a porcupine feels threatened it tenses up and swats the attacker with his tails. The quills are sharp and very painful. It is not a good idea to get to close. A fully grown porcupine has about 30,000 quills on it’s body. It is covered with a soft fur and quills poke out from there.
If there is a dog and a porcupine in the neighborhood the porcupine is typically the winner of the battle.
I’ve only seen one in the wilderness in my life, many in zoos, but only that one in the wild. I stayed away but enjoyed watching!
We have many here. If you pay attention you could see one every day.
That is awesome, here in the Maryland world we have so many deer it is hard not to see them at times!
That is a very cute picture. We do not have those where I live.
Well, they do tear up your trees and hurt your dogs. Where are you from?
California, and although they look cute (like hedgehogs), I would not want to be on the receiving end of even one of their quills.