this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2024
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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Don't feed the animals. Especially porcupines, they'll eat a hole in the side of your house to get at the food

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wait, really? I would like to know more about Porcu-facts.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They'll also pop holes in your tires in the winter trying to eat the road salt off of them.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is great stuff. I mean, not for my tires. But in every other respect. Great.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 months ago

Porcupines cannot throw their quills. Quills are modified hairs that are loosely attached. What they can do is bristle, raising the quills away from their body and making it more likely for the pointy bits to find a target. They can also slap with their tail, which also has quills.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Also gas lines and radiator hoses

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Thank you for subscribing to Porcu-facts

#1: porcupines will chew through anything

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

North American Porcupines can talk!

https://youtu.be/UGz8jcbJjRw

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Good news: where I live we don't build our houses out of paper and spit and I'd find it very entertaining to see a critter eat through a solid 40 cm of bricks and mortar.

Bad news: Where I live there are no porcupines :(

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Oh my god the little sound when he had to pick up the baby.. "WEHH!"

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

angry twirling

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
  1. that's freaking adorable.

  2. where can I get that "welcome" mat?