[ABN 505]

My Dog got into a fight with a Porcupine, it did not end well for either of them. While looking for info on porcupines I found this and got a chuckle out of it. Enjoy!

[riverrunner]

Due to the damage porcupines do to my wood lands, buildings and the value of timber they ruin.

Then the fact that it cost a lot of money to remove quills from my dogs it they are bad enough.

I shoot every porcupine I find on my property.

[ken5050]

What's truly amazing is t hat they somehow manage to nurse their young without impaling their porcupettes..( that's what a baby porcupine is called..the babies quills are soft ( obviously..otherwise birthing would really, REALLY hurt...they harden in a few days..but you'd also think that as they crawled all over the mother's belly to nurse, they'd stick her as well.

Ain't nature amazing??

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Porcupines are generally good natured after being around humans for a while, especially if they get tidbitted in the process. They will shamelessly beg for goodies.

[married21]

My kids and I went to a wild life rescue place in Alaska a few years ago. We saw a baby porcupine. This caused me to commit a “do as I say, not as I do” error in parenting that haunts me to this day (because the kids remind me). There was a big sign: “Do not touch the porcupine”, because people can transmit their germs to him and he might get sick, basically. Well, I couldn’t help it. I petted the adorable porcupine, but then told the kids they couldn’t. They had to obey the sign. Sigh....

[Man from Oz]

My mother had a pet porcupine she called Mickey. Look closely at this pic. Mickey is in there with her dog Trixie. She was very playful and a wonderful pet. She eventually went back to the wild.

[aimhigh]

Great video. THanks.

[NY Cajun]

Here’s another one:

http://www.wimp.com/porcupineshare/