Pages

▼

Friday, 10 February 2023

Spines

 


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

4 comments:

  1. Sam Vega10 February 2023 at 20:44

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

    ReplyDelete
  2. A K Haart11 February 2023 at 16:30

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

    ReplyDelete
  3. Tammly12 February 2023 at 08:49

    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!

    ReplyDelete
  4. A K Haart12 February 2023 at 16:06

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

    ReplyDelete

Due to spam comments and now the UK Online Safety Act, comment moderation is on.
Anonymous or impolite comments or comments likely to be flagged by the system are liable to be treated as spam.