A little porcupine friend has been hanging around the farm for a few days - I pulled a few quills out of Cozy's neck when she came in too close to check it out. I read up on the North American Porcupine - here are a few facts:
- they are the second largest North American rodent after the Beaver
- they are far from endangered, as they have no enemies - slow moving, they are more likely to be hit by a car than eaten as prey. Sadly, I see many, many dead porcupines on the roads around Northern Michigan
- Native Americans ate them
- there are some great videos on YouTube of people and their friendly pet porcupines
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