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Friday, 10 February 2023

Spines

 


A remarkable video of two adult porcupines defending their young against an agile and determined leopard.

4 comments:

Sam Vega said...

Well done them, but they need some forward-facing spines as well. And some projectile ones.

A K Haart said...

Sam - good idea, although mating could be more of an issue than it is already.

Tammly said...

I'm surprised the leopard found them. I lived and walked in the country in Israel as a child, collecting porcupine quills, but never saw a single one, not even fleetingly!

A K Haart said...

Tammly - perhaps they are nocturnal, although in that case, looking for them at night sounds risky.