Caption me – African Crested Porcupine and Pigeons

Photo from Wiki Commons
Classiclol from March 2014

Description: An African Crested Porcupine, with its black-and-white quills lying casually flat, is lounging against a shady wall. In front of it is a large round metal tray, which at least started off filled with a mixture of grain, brown bread, and cut fruit and vegetables. Much of the contents are now spread across the ground, although a piece of what looks like bread is between the porcupine’s forepaws. A pair of pigeons are investigating the food for anything of interest to them.

Caption me – MaryAngela

Photo (of MaryAngela) by maryqos
Classiclol from March 2022

Description: A porculpine has her clawed forepaws resting on a square white metal bar as she looks straight into the camera. Her quills aren’t ruffled at all, and she looks almost like she’s smiling even though that’s anthropomorphising.

Bad hair day

Photo (of Charlie) by Cher at Abbe-Freeland Animal Sanctuary (AFAS)
Caption by maryqos
Classiclol from October 2019

Description: Sharing a plastic storage tote (with no lid!) with a blue pillow is a porcupine. Its quills are all badly disarranged and the ones on the top of its head are standing on end, but it doesn’t look particularly alarmed as far as I can read porcupine body language, which isn’t very far. The tote seems to be in the back of a vehicle, so maybe Charlie’s on the way to or from vet visits or something. Text reads, “Charlie’s having a bad hair day.” 

Caption me – Porcupette

Photo (of rescue porcupette) aifinkso by Cher, sent by maryqos

maryqos sez: Here’s today’s passenger and what Cher wrote on FB: This beautiful, sweet little girl was discharged from the hospital today, with her continued rehabilitation turned over to us. She sustained small skull fractures after being struck by a vehicle. Initially she displayed balance issues and circling behavior. But that seems to have resolved. What an incredible blessing she wasn’t crushed by the vehicle. At only about 4 months old, and a mere 6 pounds, she was no match for a motor vehicle of any kind.

Porcupettes stay with their moms for the first four months of their lives. It is only when their moms go off to mate in October that they find themselves on their own, especially the little females. The little males will later rejoin their mothers as they typically spend their first winter with their moms.

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