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Porcupine. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
Porcupine
Bird’s nest?
No, it's a porcupine!
by Pinedale Online!
March 21, 2008

At first glance, this blob in the willows along the Green River Supply Canal looked like a bird’s nest. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a porcupine perched about four feet off the ground enjoying a meal of twigs and bark. Porcupines are rodents, and can grow to 26 pounds and over three feet in length. Their defense is the sharp quills that cover their body and detach easily to stick into the flesh of any predator, or curious dog, that gets too close.

Photos by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online!



In the Willows. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
In the Willows

Up Close Porcupine. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
Up Close Porcupine

Eating willows. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
Eating willows
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