Porcupine Meets Pumpkin: A Tale of Enthusiastic Proportions

[monarch64]

1. I want a porcupine. And a skunk, and an opossum.
2. Sometimes I am equally enthusiastic about my food.
3. I hope this makes you forget for 2 minutes that people are awful to each other, and that you have a wonderful Sunday or whatever day it is in your part of the world.

http://www.edispost.com/porcupine-tastes-his-first-pumpkin/

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Made my day! Thanks Miss M!

cheers--Sharon

 

[Gussie]

That's the cutest little guy ever!!!!! I want one too!

 

[YadaYadaYada]

I want a pet skunk and some kittens and a lifetime supply of white Zinfandel.

 

[monarch64]

I want a pet skunk and some kittens and a lifetime supply of white Zinfandel.

Let's run away together, Stephanie. That sounds like my perfect life.

 

[redwood66]

He is so adorable! I love the sound he makes and he is talking to her!

 

[yennyfire]

Absolutely love! Thanks for sharing!

 

[AGBF]

He is totally adorable. I had no idea porcupines were so cute. I do know raccoons and skunks, though. Many years ago my mother used to feed the raccoons and then the they brought their babies, who learned how to feed here. (The babies climbed up the trees when they were very young to watch how it was done, and when they were older and ate solid food, they knew how to eat here, too!) Then the skunks started to come and bring their babies because they were also nocturnal. (My mother put out kibble every night in a big saucer-the kind one sleds in.) But the raccoons got so tame that they came up and let the screen door slam to let my mother know they wanted food. She used to hand each one a piece of bread or a jelly doughnut as he came to the door. One day we woke up to find they had opened the screen on the window and were on the kitchen counter eating cereal out of cereal boxes. They were not pets, like that porcupine, but close!

We now have a woodchuck who is often on our front lawn, and sometimes bunnies and deer. And of, course, chipmunks and squirrels. But they just eat acorns and other food nature provides. My mother was prevailed upon not to feed the raccoons many years ago due to concerns about rabies....

 

[minousbijoux]

Adorable - but I gotta know: can you cuddle him without injury?!

 

[lovedogs]

I FREAKING LOVE porcupines!!!!!! They are so incredibly sweet. I've been following this little guy on social media for a little bit, and he's wonderful. I learned from watching him on some TV show that apparently you can pet them without getting hurt @minousbijoux . The stuff that will legitimately hurt you is apparently their undercoat. That said, I think even most handlers use gloves in case the porcupines were startled or something and accidentally use the sharp quills.

 

[minousbijoux]

He is freaking adorable, I must say. And thanks for the intel, @lovedogs

 

[Bonfire]

Cuteness overload!! My DH and I laughed so hard at this adorable video.
We should all enjoy our food this much! Love, love, love!

 

[arkieb1]

Wow I always thought porcupines were similar to Echidnas but now I can see they are nothing alike. The porcupine has a softer coat Echidnas don't have (they just have the really hard sharp spikes you can see) and they don't have a tail and have more of a long pointy ant eater type snout and they don't make the cute noises this guy does at all.....

 

[elle_71125]

Oh my goodness...so much cute in one video! I love the way he talks. He's just living that pumpkin life right now.

That reminds me of a woman, on the radio, complaining about the squirrels eating the pumpkins she left outside. If someone left a delicious treat (a pumpkin pie perhaps ) on my kitchen table, you can be sure as hell that I'm eating it.

 

[anne_h]

Is that squeaking sound his real voice?? Cute!

 

[Dee*Jay]

I make noises just like that when I open a fresh new bottle of prosecco...

And good bourbon -- have to find a video of a cat purring loudly and with vigor to do that justice.

 

[yennyfire]

Here's one of him getting testy about sharing his corn on the cob. Totally adorable!

 

[arkieb1]

I can't believe they talk like that, it's like he's saying back off people it's my corn..... Echidnas nada, zip, zilch zero, no verbal interaction back much at all.

 

[PierreBear]

Adorable! Had no idea they were so "talkative" with so much personality! Thanks for sharing.

 

[junebug17]

Aw so cute! I didn't know porcupines were so lovable!

 

[elizabethess]

So sassy and talky!

 

[elle_71125]

I love this little guy. He's all back off woman, that's my corn.

 

[monarch64]

Omg the corn video!

 

[lovedogs]

I've always loved porcupines, so I was really excited to find these necklaces on etsy (especially since NO HARM CAME TO THE PORCUPINES!). They shed their quills naturally, so I just think this is a sweet way to express my enthusiasm for these gorgeous creatures

 

[monarch64]

Lovedogs, that is such a cool necklace! What an interesting and beautiful conversation piece. What kind of metal is the chain/clasp/setting? I'd be interested in wearing one but I have a pretty severe nickel allergy so have to be really careful about metals.

 

[lovedogs]

@monarch64 it's a brass chain--not an expensive piece. I haven't purchased (yet), I'm asking the seller if they can make me a long chain with multiple porcupine quills, because I'd like a long necklace that I can double up! The etsy shop is "crunchy diva designs", which makes me giggle.

 

[monarch64]

Thanks for the info, @lovedogs! I like the idea of a longer chain, and the name is adorable. Crunch diva sounds like an oxymoron, but I must say I've met some crunchies who were also, in fact, divas. LOL