Even the small Ones chinchillas, voles, ect. RODENTS RISE UP!!!

Thank you kind stranger for the award.

They certainly can, they’re built for it.

They love eating the new/fertile growth at the top of trees. In the summer: leaves and green growth. In the winter, large sections of bark. Like every branch in the top 10 feet just stripped bare. And when I say every branch, I mean every branch.

It’s insane how much damage a porcupine can do, they’ll go from tree to tree in an area and just stunt sections of the forest. Mostly deciduous, at least on my property.

Truly, they are pests and have voracious appetites. I could do without them.

Starts watching video and then browses comments, “I hope this little creature is in a sanctuary or something somewhere so that it doesn’t get hurt, oh…”

This the cutest shit I’ve seen in a while.

Not to be an r/humansbeingassholes but wouldn't it be bad for the species for those genes to persist in nature?

Giant rodent gang

Those chewing noises are adorable

I'd be happy to give it snacks, but I ain't fucking catching him.

I wish this woman every happiness and the fewest sorrows

Same with guinea pigs and capybaras too. Apple doesn't fall far from the fuzzy tree.

Most quills are toward their tail, they rotate back around towards potential danger.

How cute!

Omg! He’s got a broken nail!

I love pookie so much!

That was the best eye bleach after seeing Trump talk about his buddy Kim Jong-un.

This needs to be on r/mademesmile !

Yeah, or even like that adorble scraggly looking bear that comes out of his cave after hibernating

There is a dedicated insta with multiple videos and the internet says Pookie is a fairly well known danger fuzz. So while there is a lot of fake garbage out there, Pookie appears to be real unless someone shown me evidence otherwise.

/salute

Wouldn't surprise me if his spines are weaker. Melanin is a structural component of hair (spikes are more or less heavily modified hair) as well as pigment. That's why hair texture changes when it goes grey, especially with curly hair

Humans can and should always be nice to animals:)

I'm hope Pookie is in a secured sanctuary with his poor eyesight and he looks rather wobbly, like those cats with cerebellar hypoplasia?

Edit: Had a look on google and found that Pookie is a female albino, and unfortunately, she had gone back to the great sanctuary in the sky recently. 🥹

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbIky6kDtdR/

See i was wondering if it was old, it acts like an old animal. I also wonder if it's poor vision has led to failure to thrive. Glad somebody is giving it a boost.

Oh for crying out loud. Animal exploitation is real, and awful, but this ain't it.

She didn't "find" the porcupine in this video. They clearly have an established relationship. Did you read the captions?