Somethin' ya don't see everyday!

[COOSEFAN]

I snagged this pic from and email and figured it's interesting enough to share. It's obviously baby Porkypines, I can't decide if they're cute or not, it's a toss up because cute things are usually cuddly or fluffy and these even as babies don't look too cuddly. Ever seen a baby Porkypine before? Thanks, JIM

 

[KGAINES]

Are they porcupines or echidna, They are cool looking, I don't know about cute though.

[DEERSLAM]

Maybe baby Hedgehogs?

What ever, they are cool lookin.

[COOSEFAN]

They do look like hedgehogs, but the email said Porcupines. I have seen small young Porcupines and they have long soft hairs and almost look like you could safely hold one, these don't look that way! From the ones I've personally seen, I always thought they didn't have sharp quills right away as babies. I bet it would be painful to give birth to those things in the pic! JIM

[CHD]

Several years ago I was scouting for a big non-typical muley on Moosehead Mtn in unit 10 in Colorado in August or September. As is common with me, I laid down on a level spot in the sagebrush at about noon and took a nap.

 

Some animal noises close by woke me up. At first they sounded funny, and then I decided that they were elk calf calls..........very close. I got up in the tall sage expecting to be trampled by elk, but couldn't see any elk. The calls were really close, too. So I moved toward them with curiosity, and eventually found the sources of the animal sounds.

 

It was a large guy porcupine........................romancing a lady porcupine. I got to witness one of those rare spectacles in nature.

 

Evidently.............it is just as painful to make the little ones............as it is to give birth to 'em, LOL.

[mulie hunter]

Cool picture!!!! still laughing CHD

[DEERSLAM]

OUCH