Unexpected Life Dream Realized: A young porcupine crawled into my lap–I didn’t even know that was a life dream until it happened. This totally made up for the unexpected, pricey, yet oh so needed, costly vehicle repair today. His handler can now hold him without gloves and as I was taking pictures, he crawled my way. She said, that if I wanted, he would probably crawl on me, and well, he just crawled on my lap…I let him call the shots. No quills were fired. Whew!
The wee porcupet is about three times larger than the last time I saw him. We had the video of him nursing…now brace yourself for him eating solid foods! Today, the woman who is rehabbing him, gave him a piece of banana. You will hear some minute squeaks at the start of the video–are you ready for this? Those are porcupet hiccups!! Wahhhhhhhhhhh!
Here is the video, and trust me, it is SO worth all one minute and twenty-four seconds. This is safe for work, and as a matter of fact, I insist that you show it at work–who could have a bad day after seeing this? It may even prevent a firing.
UPDATE: as of the end of 2007 he is now living at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Mn and goes by the name Clover. His videos are still a sensation on YouTube.
Porcupines don’t fire their quills. That’s totally inaccurate.
Yo, nbb, don’t make me get inaccurate on your butt.
Ahh he is so cute !! I con’t foster or rehab any animals, I want to keep them all. Does Cinnamon like bananas too ?
That will so make cuteoverload.com
kitmarlowescot2
Holy Crap is right – that was too cute!
That’s critter is so bloodly cute! Glad to read that he (she) on soild food. But what do they usually eat, I mean a banana is a real treat for any porcupine. Thanks! Love the critter!
Sharon, I think your next book project should be “APPROVING Animals”, with that cute little guy on the cover.
oh man that did my heart good – that was adorable. i lost my ollie on sunday (pics on my blog) so seeing that was just one precious lift i needed. animals are so amazing. thanks! i love it when my dogs get the hiccups – it’s funny!
ca
aka archi’s mum
I found a website that was giving away a free ground bird nesting poster. I think it is legimate. Here is the site if anyone is intrested…
http://landcare.sc.egov.usda.gov/product.asp?ID=616
I wish I could show it at work because that would mean that I can SEE it at work.
Alas.
I’ll have to wait this evening, in the comfort of my home, since our work proxy server is looking down its fastidious nose at most thing with an entertainment value, like videos and art galleries.
Lucky that I still can work on Blogger and LiveJournal, I suppose.
Can’t wait to see the little guy.
N.
archi’s mum,
I’m so sorry about your loss of ollie! My heart goes out to you and you are in my thoughts. I’m sure you gave ollie a wonderful life.
Will he be released or will he stay in a sanctuary?
Seems as if he’s too tame to be released.
What a darlin’!
Wow, he’s really gotten big, but still a cutie!
OMG! Sooooooo cute!
~other Sharon
The porcupet is not going back to the wild but to a wildlife center.
So sweet! I never knew porcupines liked bananas – and that they eat in such a neat and tidy way.
I has a Dream last night about Porcuepines…I saw perhaps 20 to 30 in a warehouse…but they were all turned to stone, kinda like the alien creatures in war of the worlds…except that they were not evil and I felt no ill will or malice associated with them. They had been used to kill the rats in the warehouse which were being picked up by an old lady and put into a trash bag….I didn’t see any tv show or picture of a porcupine before bed or even recently. Nor have I had any thoughts of these animals at all. I am deeply mystified by this…??? Any thoughts/comments are appreciated….as I am a Computer Programmer and I dont ever associate with animals nor think about them…I search google and found this site and read as well the signifigance of the porcupine in a dream but this means something more… I can feel it….Thanks for your thoughts…..JDESTEVE@hotmail.com