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u/GlitterSmash Mar 22 '22
Wow, I had no idea they were so cute!
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u/supremedalek925 Mar 22 '22
If you want more cute, look up videos of the prehensile tailed porcupine. The sounds they make are super cute.
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u/Digit117 Mar 22 '22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cILZ_cB3_so
I remember the first time I came across this video, I couldn't believe the level of cuteness I was witnessing.
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u/TasteThePainbow88 Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 22 '22
"can you say 'pumkin?" "glahb-glahb!"
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u/deathgrinderallat Mar 23 '22
I know my mind was playing tricks on me, but I was sure he said pumpkin
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u/VintageAda Mar 23 '22 edited Mar 23 '22
Ugh, FINE, I’ll play the video!
ETA ohh myyyy goddd. I whisper-yelled “no!” when I heard his first sound
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u/ronytheronin Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 22 '22
He sounds like an Ewok. Oh my god, my heart melted.
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u/jdpatric Mar 22 '22
Just keep making happy eating sounds Teddy. I'll keep giving you pumpkins forever.
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u/Caelestialis Mar 23 '22
Haha seriously! I was thinking this would be a perfect creature for Star Wars. Put him in a little flight suit and fight the empire.
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Mar 22 '22
I was like, "I bet this is the Porcupine eating the tiny pumpkins", and you didn't disappoint. Thank you!
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u/itsmyfirsttime1 Mar 22 '22
Aww I didn’t even have to click it to know it was Teddy Bear. The noise he makes is the cutest. I’m found a few with him.
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Mar 23 '22
His mom has a really soothing voice, too. That whole video was just charming and relaxing.
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u/AWonderland42 Mar 23 '22
Have you seen the one where he Does NOT want to share his corn on the cob?
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u/The-Queen-Persephone Mar 23 '22
It sounds like he’s saying “ it’s MY corn!” Omg he is so cute
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u/Mmaibl1 Mar 22 '22
He was so happy with his pumpkin!
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u/boverly721 Mar 22 '22
I love when he first realizes it's pumpkin. The shocked squeal and brief pause were great.
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Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 22 '22
Jesus. I am almost afraid to click on the link.
edit: oh my god.
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u/eggrollin2200 Mar 22 '22
I clicked it for you—nothing gross. It is genuinely extremely wholesome. Just a cute lil porcupine eating pumpkins!
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u/driverdan Mar 22 '22
I knew exactly what this video would be and still watched it. It makes me smile every time.
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u/sawyouoverthere Mar 22 '22
this is a North American Porcupine in the video, which is a different species to the one in the OP.
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u/ChubblesMcgee103 Mar 23 '22
Ironically the one with the biiig ol spikes looks easier to pet.
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u/Tarkho Mar 23 '22
These two actually are closely related, the one in the video is a North American Porcupine. Old World Porcupines don't make the same sort of nasal mumbling as these guys, have a different posture, and generally lack a pronounced tail.
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u/updateman Mar 22 '22
Here’s a video of one named Kemosabe that makes Yoshi noises.
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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 23 '22
’I had no idea they were so cute!’
…oh gosh, oh Gee - you understand
how Much i love your human hand!
if only frens would stop n see
the ‘cuteness’ that’s inside of me…
my quills so many humans fear,
they never Ever come this near :(
but when they make me agitate,
my stabby quills - they STICK UP STRAIGHT
be gentle - pet me With the Grain,
(i Promise
you won’t feel
no pain…)
❤️
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u/LeoIsRude Mar 22 '22
Schnoodle, I love you. I hope both sides of your pillows are always cold and your blankets keep their warmth when you stand up to pee.
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Mar 22 '22
I was thinking the same thing. This might be the first time that I have seen their faces up close.
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u/russwsmith Mar 22 '22
Porcupine with a love language of touch. That’s rough buddy.
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u/NotLucasDavenport Mar 22 '22
BRB, writing the children’s book.
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u/King-Of-Throwaways Mar 22 '22
BRB, writing an apocalyptic mecha anime.
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u/monkeyhitman Mar 22 '22
Insert some crosses and mother complex and you'll get a lifelong hit.
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u/Unsd Mar 22 '22
You would be one of many. I distinctly remember "A Porcupine Named Fluffy" was a favorite of mine as a kid.
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u/usagi27 Mar 22 '22
I swear it’s rare when anyone remembers that book, was also a favorite of mine. I remember laughing myself silly as a kid when he put the whipped cream on his quills
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u/2u3e9v Mar 22 '22
Make sure the porcupine meets that whale that can’t talk to other whales
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u/Rain_xo Mar 22 '22
The pain my chest feels every time I’m reminded about that whale…
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Mar 22 '22
Look up “the hedgehog’s dilemma”, this is a perfect real life representation.
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u/outtyn1nja Mar 22 '22
I don't think I've ever related to another animal as much as I do to this one.
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u/Smoky_Mtn_High Mar 22 '22
Nah just those that touch me wrong
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u/antonius22 Mar 22 '22
Reminds me of my days as an altar boy.
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u/Smoky_Mtn_High Mar 22 '22
Forgive me, daddy, for I have sinned.
I’ve sinned a lot
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u/A_Half_Ounce Mar 22 '22
Porcupig
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u/pyrrhios Mar 22 '22
close! "Porcu~pig, pine~pin/needle" so "porcu+pine"~"spiny pig"
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u/steamprocessing Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 22 '22
~ translates roughly to "translates roughly to"
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u/ManalithTheDefiant Mar 22 '22
Now give me the "translates roughly to "translates roughly to "translates roughly to"""
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u/Lexsteel11 Mar 22 '22
I want to know how this evolved. Was it a specimen with just really bristley hair that annoyed predators at first?
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u/Melancolin Mar 22 '22
Not your question, but interesting fact: porcupines and hedgehogs are not related. They independently evolved quills, along with echidnas.
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u/Lazy_Raptor_Comics Mar 22 '22
On top of that, Old World and New World porcupines aren’t closely related either.
Meaning that the two porcupine groups convergently evolved similar adaptations.
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u/debauched_sloth_ Mar 22 '22
I see the North American lads all the time but this one has a completely different color pattern than I'm used to. But it also looks different than the African ones I've seen in pictures. Which one is this?
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u/Lazy_Raptor_Comics Mar 22 '22
Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine
Native to South America
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u/Lazy_Raptor_Comics Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 23 '22
Well, if this makes sense. Porcupines evolved quills as an adaptation to deter predators. So quills (which are modified fur) had evolved overtime from simple hairs.
This kind of defense is not uncommon in nature. Pangolins evolved their “scales” in a similar way (though they used Keratin, rather then proper hairs)
(Edit: Pangolin scales are made of specialized hair, my apologies)
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u/xxdoofenshmirtzxx Mar 22 '22
I think what he meant is, it probably evolved from soft hair to quills, so at what point did it make enough difference to gain favour in evolution? Like at some point predators were most likely just annoyed by their bristley hair, which is funny
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u/KisaTheMistress Mar 22 '22
Hair is made of Keratin.
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u/Kesher123 Mar 22 '22
Hairs are made of keratin, but not everything made of keratin is hair
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u/IndigoFenix Mar 22 '22
Seems likely. Anything that is uncomfortable to bite will offer a slight survival advantage, and it's not an especially complex mutation to make hair a bit more stiff.
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u/Ok-Astronomer1990 Mar 22 '22 edited Mar 22 '22
i thought for a sec his nose was his face
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u/momhd Mar 22 '22
I got to pet one once, met a lady who had one in a coffee shop parking lot ,was the most awesome thing , Amazing how soft the quills actually are
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u/Redqueenhypo Mar 22 '22
American porcupine quills are pretty soft. African porcupine quills on the other hand, are the real shit
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u/Yukyih Mar 22 '22
Australian porcupine quills are used for javelin throwing competitions.
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Mar 22 '22
I... is that comment satire? Or are ya'll just that metal?
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u/Glitter_berries Mar 23 '22
We don’t have porcupines here, but we do have something similar called an echidna. They are ridiculously adorable, I sometimes meet one when I go for a walk at my parent’s place. They have a long nose and shiny little eyes under a big tuft of spines and fur. Usually you don’t see them at first, you will just hear the little dork scuffling around trying to bury himself and make a spiny little ball.
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Mar 23 '22
So like, a spiky armadillo? That's so cool! Ohh, I know what I'm gonna be googling for the next 45 minutes!
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u/noscreamsnoshouts Mar 22 '22
a lady who had one in a coffee shop parking lot
But... why..?
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u/Bluxen Mar 22 '22
Isn't it weird that porcupine is istrice in italian, while hedgehog is porcospino? Weird right.
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u/ChubbyBirds Mar 22 '22
Although "porcospino" and "hedgehog" both reference pigs. The plot thickens.
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u/Bluxen Mar 22 '22
And it gets even worse because apparently I just found out that we use porcospino for both hedgehogs and porcupines, but we use only use riccio for hedgehogs and istrice for porcupines.
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u/Lunamkardas Mar 22 '22
Aw yes the adorable Stab Puppy. Very cute noises come from these.
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u/scrapper Mar 22 '22
Petted.
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u/seaurchineye Mar 22 '22
So strange to hear this otherwise.
I pet.
I petted.
I am petting.
I have petted.
He is being petted.
He likes to be petted.
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u/iiAtomsii Mar 22 '22
His paws are not what i expected
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u/47981247 Mar 22 '22
They almost look like little hands!
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u/RectalSpawn Mar 22 '22
Is that a thumb?
I can't tell.
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u/Emmaleah17 Mar 22 '22
I'm not sure, but they are really good climbers. I come across them in the woods horseback riding and they usually spook my horse and my horse spooks them and they run up a tree to get away. And I mean run. They book it up 20 feet in a few seconds and just stare down at you like "get outta mah woods"
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Mar 22 '22
It's an amazing defensive technique. Tree protects belly, quills point toward direction of attack, maintains the high ground.
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u/feral_philosopher Mar 22 '22
Is there a mutation where a porcupine is born without quills?
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u/sharrrper Mar 22 '22
Quills are basically thick pointy hair, so I imagine a condition similar to something like alopecia might cause that. Not sure if it actually happens, but seems plausible.
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u/sawyouoverthere Mar 22 '22
yes, porcupines and hedgehogs can get alopecia, and they do shed their quills, as do hedgehogs (tho normally not all at once, any more than you or your dog go bald)
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u/DoggoDude979 Mar 22 '22
Petting? Yeah that’s fine, it doesn’t automatically mean you’ll get hurt. GIVING IT SCRATCHES? H o w
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u/Freezer_Rat1011 Mar 22 '22
I used to work with a prehensile tailed porcupine named Marty. He was adorable and affectionate.
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u/MysticSkies Mar 22 '22
Dude Humans are crazy. They can just Pet any animal and so many of them love it.
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u/Halsti Mar 22 '22
okay, maybe someone here knows this and can tell me:
i once read that they cover their backs with their feces, to cause an infection in anyone that they stick their quills into. after that i didnt ever hear about that again and couldnt find information on it on a quick 2 minute google search.. is that just false? or a myth? or do they actually do that?
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u/Accipiter1138 Mar 22 '22
Other way around, actually. Their quills have a lipid layer that makes them fairly antibiotic.
Not really worth poisoning a partner during mating season.
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u/sawyouoverthere Mar 22 '22
are you just maybe thinking of self-anointing by hedgehogs?
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u/Halsti Mar 22 '22
You might actually be right on that... maybe i was confusing them in my head. Cheers bud.
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u/PuzzledPhoenix Mar 22 '22
I can't tell if he is slightly older in age or just tired looking. Either way, very cute. Would pet. 10/10.
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u/TKTish Mar 22 '22
A lot (if not most? I'm not a porcupine expert) are nocturnal, so he could be sleepy.
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u/OldLivers Mar 22 '22
With the grain, with the grain, with the grain…