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Porcupine
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what a beautiful picture (the first one) 
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Cape Porcupine
RESILIENT, FAMILY-LOVING, FORTIFIED RODENTS
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
As African mammals go, the Cape porcupine (Hystix africaeaustralis) is perhaps the least ambiguous in its message to the world around it – for a creature with a crest of spines, some of which are over 50cm in length, social distancing was never going to be a challenge. Yet despite their somewhat antisocial look, these fortified rodents have a surprisingly family-oriented approach to life and, if left alone, are relatively innocuous in their existence. Retiring and elusive, it is often only their family-shared attraction to human rubbish that alerts surrounding people to their presence.......
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RESILIENT, FAMILY-LOVING, FORTIFIED RODENTS
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
As African mammals go, the Cape porcupine (Hystix africaeaustralis) is perhaps the least ambiguous in its message to the world around it – for a creature with a crest of spines, some of which are over 50cm in length, social distancing was never going to be a challenge. Yet despite their somewhat antisocial look, these fortified rodents have a surprisingly family-oriented approach to life and, if left alone, are relatively innocuous in their existence. Retiring and elusive, it is often only their family-shared attraction to human rubbish that alerts surrounding people to their presence.......
Click on the title to read the whole story and see the beautiful photos.
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1 Porcupine on the move
S114, 2km S of H1-1
Near Skukuza
5/5
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