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Erethizon dorsatum
Several different individuals seen over a few hours. The last two photos are of a juvenile, he was very soft since his quills haven't all grown in yet. I know he was soft because I pet him haha
On the side of the road eating vegetation after a rain. Coastal pine forests.
Spotted on Sep 18, 2015
Submitted on Nov 9, 2015
23 Comments
Congrats AshleyT, your precious Porcupine has made the top 10 mammal spottings in the '2015 Best Wildlife Photo' mission! Rangers are voting on the top 10 mammal spottings, and the top 3 will be announced on February 6th. The top 3 spottings will be commented on here on the site, but make sure you keep a look out on our Facebook app page for the announcement as well! Congratulations on making the top 10! https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah
I guess since you are a biologist you have the advantage of knowing when to pet and when not to pet,Lovely porcupine!!
Thank you Jason and Sunny!
Congrats Ashley! Cute spotting!
Lovely spotting... Congrats Ashley!!!
Thank you everyone!
This one looks quite cool and harmless. Congrats Ashley!
Congrats Ashley
Congratulations Ashley!!!
Congrats again on the well deserved SOTD Ashley
Thank you Lisa, Luis, Jae, and Daniel :)
great job on getting the SOTD
Too cute :) Congratulation, Ashley.
Congrats Ashley, great SOTD!
Congrats Ashley! These prickly cool mammals are our SOTD!
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Thanks Daniel and Antonio!
I love these guys :) very cool Ashley,congrats and thanks for sharing
cool amazing spotting
Not to worry Des, they can't shoot their quills. That's just a myth :)
That's cool, you got to pet him! If he tried to shoot at you with his "quills" you would have gotten covered in hair... Haha!
Awesome shots's Ashley! I love porcupines!... Even though I've never seen one in the wild.
It looked soft, so I just had to check haha
Wow!!! This is a great creature. I can just imagine you walking up to it and finding out it has no quills and thinking "Yes, I finally get to pet one!"