Porcupine Tree
An old sugar maple tree provides room and board for a prickly rodent. The gnawed bark is a sure sign a porcupine has been dining out. Or should I say up?
As I positioned myself to get a good look the porcupine climbed up where the sun don’t shine. I caught sight of the tail just as it disappeared up the hole. Sounds painful doesn’t it?
There was no sense waiting for the porcupine to come back out so I moved on. It didn’t take long before I stuck my nose in another place it didn’t belong. A hollow log was too tempting to resist.
I thought the barely visible white things might have been some sort of fungus. I’m sure we can all imagine a number of reasons why sticking your arm into the hollow of a rotting log is NOT a good idea. I are smart so I used my camera to see what it really was.
Looks like I need to add porcupine booby-traps to the list.
A couple of photos from last year:
As cute and cuddly as porcupines are it’s best to leave them alone. Their quills aren’t the only things to avoid.
Do you have a sudden urge to get up and go brush your teeth?
Or would you prefer a back rub?
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February 2nd, 2010 at 12:37 am
What a cute little critter. He must not watch the teeth whitening commercials on t.v.(-:
I remember last year when you saw the animal in the tree and it looked stuck.
Best not to put arms/hands into holes you are not familiar with(-:
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:32 am
waaaaa!!! this is when i remember i am a city boy,lol, great pictures!!!
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:02 am
I think the other way round. I’ll wait for the porcupine to re-appear.
I’ll kill him with my camera.
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Those teeth really freak me out. I think groundhog teeth are similarly yellow. And squirrel pee is reddish brown. Gotta love nature!
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:49 pm
And I thought porcupines were an African animal! How did you achieve the pictures of teeth and claws? Was it, is it still, alive?
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:12 pm
After following your blog for so long I often find myself looking in hollow logs. I remember to keep my distance though. I never find anything as cool as porcupine quills though.
November 9th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Hi there,
Nice porcupine photos! Any chance I might be able to include the one of the porkie’s teeth in a short powerpoint presentation (about porcupines) that I’m giving to my classmates at Fleming College in Ontario? Credit will be given! I’d really appreciate it!
Alida
November 18th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
that was creepy lolololololololo hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!