Distribution of the Crested Porcupine - the largest Porcupine species in the World
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ブチギレながらごはん食べてるヤマアラシ。担当以外のスタッフさんがくるとこうなるらしいです。注射のときに押さえつける係とかしか接点がない人はめちゃくちゃ嫌われるらしい。「あいつがくるとよくないことが起こる」と思うんだって🤣ここのスタッフさんたちはいろいろ教えてくれて楽しい。
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He was eating his food in a rage. His back is saying just that. It seems that staff other than the Porcupine caretaker provoke this reaction when they approach. People who only have contact when restraining for injections are especially disliked. 'Bad things happen when that person comes!' Despite the dedication of all the staff, it's a bit pitiful 😂 The staff's talk at this zoo is so informative and fun.
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Crested porcupine.
Fact from the African Wildlife Foundation: The word porcupine means “quill pig” in Latin; however, porcupines are large rodents and have no relation to pigs. Porcupines are the largest and heaviest of all African rodents. The head is roundish and rather domed, with a blunt muzzle and small eyes and ears. The legs are short and sturdy, and each foot has five toes, all equipped with powerful claws. Their most recognizable feature is, of course, its quills. Quill length varies on different parts of the body, ranging from 2.5 to 30.5 centimeters (1 to 12 inches). Usually, the quills lie flat against the body, but if danger threatens, they raise and spread them. Scales on quill tips lodge in the skin like fishhooks and are difficult to pull out. New quills grow in to replace lost ones.
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I love how these two porcupines are sat together almost in the shape of a heart!
Taken at a local wildlife park in 2018.
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🦔東武動物公園で一目惚れ
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I wanted a physically capable, early game normal type but was struggling to think of a candidate until I remembered I really like Cape porcupines. Originally three stages, the middle stage wasn't really different enough so I scrapped it.
Guinib live in small herds that huddle together when in danger, creating a phalanx of spines predators find difficult to negotiate. Considered friendly, if not high-strung, they can make good pets once accustomed to people but will always have an anxious nature.
Stabbybara are more inclined to wander alone, rarely congregating in numbers greater than two. Much more confident than their younger bretherin and more difficult to tame, they can be quite ornery in the face of danger and eager to face a challenge with their barbed spines.
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Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica ) At Bannerghatta National Par...
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I may have gone a little bit overboard on this Crested Porcupine's fabulous hair!
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Clamydoun
Altura: 180 metros
Longitud: 540 metros
Peso: 7,200 toneladas
Primer Avistamiento: Ayers Rock [Tierra: Teratoverso]
Controles: Fuego Control [Aliento Atomico, Aliento de Espiral, Visión Laser y Pulso Nuclear] Agua Control [Nado] Tierra Control [Excavación]
Guarida: Isla Monstruo [Tierra: Teratoverso] Desierto de los Tiempos del Antaño [Avatarverso]
Aspecto: Zedus 2006 (Casi todo) + Puercoespín crestado (forma de las espinas) + Zilla 1998 (Algunos rasgos de la cara) + Clamidosaurio de King
Aliados:
Humanos: Aang, Katara, Soka, Iroh, Zuko
Kaijus y otras bestias: Godzilla Anguirus, King Kong, Mothra, Rodan,
Enemigos:
Humanos: Aang, Katara, Soka, Iroh, Zuko (Inicialmente) Ozai y Azula
Kaijus y otras bestias: King Ghidorah, King Kong y Godzilla (ocasionalmente)
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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Although adult crested porcupines aren't anything to mess with, they don't start out that way! Baby porcupines, also known as porcupettes, are born with soft quills. These quills harden over the next several hours, and by the time they're a day old each porcupette is well equipped to defend themself against predators-- though they won't venture out of their den for another week or so.
Image: A mother cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) along with her two porcupettes, by the London Zoo)
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Hystrix cristata. Struik Pocket Guides for South Africa: Mammals. Written by John Skinner. Illustrated by Penny Meakin. 1988.
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大根かな?
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You there!! Haver of OCs. What creature are they. Have you not decided on an animal for them? No animal aesthetics, theming or little ears or tail when convenient? For shame. Take this as your sign to give them one. All characters deserve an animal. Bonus points if it's a fucking wacky one.
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#WorldCoatiDay: a South American Coati in Louis XIV’s royal menagerie!
1. Pieter Boel (Flemish, 1622-1674), Fouine et Coati, c.1669-71, oil on canvas
2. Detail of the same coati (with African Crested Porcupine) in a tapestry: The Months or the Royal Houses, July, Vincennes; Charles Le Brun (designer) and Gobelins Factory (manufacturer), France, c.1676-80 (Boel’s studies were used as models for the animals in these tapestries)
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🩵ヤマアラシのテキスタイル
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