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Yet another animal, that I have never seen :no: The Danish ones look rather different ;-)


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1 Young porcupine next to some water next to the road on the E side
"I was pretty surprised to find that in the middle of the day!"
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Lisbeth wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:56 am Yet another animal, that I have never seen :no: The Danish ones look rather different ;-)
My Brother fished one out of his swimming pool at his house on Steenberg Golf Estate in Cape Town the other morning


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:shock:


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It must have been very thirsty ;-)


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A 2016 Bushcraft sighting just north of Tshokwane! :-0


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EVERYBODY STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING!
IT'S A PORCUPETTE (baby porcupin).
Did you know porcupettes are born with soft, flexible quills that quickly harden with contact with air? This definitely makes mum's life easier!
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:-0

Very clever having soft quills! ..0..


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Too cute! :-0


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In Numbers

30,000

The number of quills on the average porcupine.


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