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Porcupines prior to mating, with the female characteristically above the male. Female porcupines are solitary for most of the year except during the fall when breeding season begins. At this time, they secrete a thick mucus which mixes with their urine. The resulting odor attracts males in the vicinity.
Stories in popular literature indicate that fishers can flip a porcupine onto its back and "scoop out its belly like a ripe melon". [29] This was identified as an exaggerated misconception as early as 1966. [30] Observational studies show that fishers make repeated biting attacks on the face of a porcupine and kill it after about 25–30 ...
In the winter, it may eat bark. [2] The African porcupine is not a climber; instead, it forages on the ground. [2] It is mostly nocturnal [10] but will sometimes forage for food during the day, eating bark, roots, fruits, berries, and farm crops. Porcupines have become a pest in Kenya and are eaten as a delicacy. [11]
"Unfortunately, the decline in porcupines is a bit of a mystery and we are hoping to start working on it soon within the FWP Nongame Program," explained Torrey Ritter, non-game Wildlife Biologist ...
Here's Q&A session with outdoors writer Len Lisenbee with facts about squirrels, birds, porcupines and mosquitoes. Questions answered, myths corrected: Porcupines can swim, mosquitoes play ...
Like many routine Christmas specials, this episode has a rhyming narration akin to a storybook. It begins in a forest, where Stan Marsh discovers a group of talking animals, known as the Woodland Critters, consisting of Squirrely the Squirrel, Rabbity the Rabbit, Raccoony the Raccoon, Beavery the Beaver, Beary the Bear, Porcupiney the Porcupine, Skunky the Skunk, Foxy the Fox, Deery the Deer ...
A sweet porcupine recovering in a wildlife sanctuary in Maine looks much better after a few months of treatment for a fungal disease sweeping through his species in New England.
The African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus) is a species of rat-like Old World porcupine, indigenous to a broad belt of Africa ranging from Guinea on the west coast to Kenya on the east. This is a common species with a very wide range, and despite it being used extensively for bushmeat, the International Union for Conservation of ...