sometimes animal videos show up on my twitter feed that then send me down a rabbit hole.
I don’t think I have ever seen a video of a porcupine. Just pictures. Here it is defending itself. Then I had to look to see what could kill it.
https://x.com/dreamsNscience/status/1911752634794442998
turns out another animal I have never heard of is a porcupine predator. Fisher. Gets them in the head. Which then caused to me to wonder why dont more animals do it. Fisher is the primary predator.
Nature is a wild thing for sure.
That porcupine had definite superiority over the leopard!
We had a porcupine in our garage one day.
I had no clue what to do.
I went online and found a solution.
It turns out they are nocturnal animals and do not like bright light.
So—I took a flashlight out and pointed it at the porcupine.
It kept moving away from me until it left the garage.
I’ve heard of male lions who’ve been ousted as head of the pride will eat porcupine. They’re not good hunters, so porcupine is something they can catch.
Must be a letdown after having lionesses catch zebra and wildebeest for you, and you get to eat first.