Dancing Porcupine

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Amazing what you can find on Google Maps. I just discovered today that people put links to all sorts of pictures and videos on the map (I had to select My Maps to be able to enable this).

Found a video of a "dancing" porcupine at the EcoMuseum near where we live (about 7.5Km or 5 miles).

You can take a virtual tour here or look at some photos I have previously posted.


Comments

Travis Erwin said…
Interesting video. Thanks for the smile.
June 23, 2008 1:25 PM
KayMac said…
Ok, that is what I look like when I drink too much water! What a fabulous function! Thanks for brining this to our attention!
June 23, 2008 4:42 PM
Krista said…
that is so cute!
I'd kiss that face except for the quills, you know?
June 24, 2008 9:10 AM
Barbara said…
Porcupines are very cool animals. He didn't seem the least bit interesting in firing off those painful quills!
June 24, 2008 9:17 AM
Anonymous said…
Porcupines actually DO NOT throw their quills. They will instead, back up into a predator and rub the quills against the threat. Once embedded, however, they are very difficult to remove due to the barb at the end of each quill...
June 24, 2008 4:39 PM
Richard said…
ingrid: that is what I thought. He is so anthropomorphic the way he dances on his hind legs.

travis: you're welcome.

kaymac: it is one of those things randomly stumbled upon on blogger. Might not be a bad idea to checkout your neighbourhood online and see what the neighbours have been posting.

krista: yay! You left me a comment. He (she?) does look more like a cute little person than a porcupine.

barbara: he was definitely interested in something.

anonymous: yes, I know.
June 24, 2008 6:04 PM
Barbara Martin said…
Either it's been fed before, or it's stressed from the attention. Interesting video all the same.
June 24, 2008 8:54 PM
Richard said…
barbara: it probably has been fed before by humans. All the animals at the EcoMuseum are animals that in some way been rescued and are no longer suitable for release to the wild.

As can be seen from the video, the enclosure is not really keeping the animals that far away from the people. Although, it is the first time I have actually seen the porcupine moving about, whenever I have been, it is always curled up sleeping somewhere (usually out of site).
June 25, 2008 12:05 PM
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