Porcupine

These pictures were taken on May 24th, 2009 in our back yard. If you have a pet, you want to keep him away from this guy. I've seen dogs with more than 200 quills in their nose and mouth. They can also do a number on trees. Two years ago we had one climb a clump of birch trees and he stripped the bark off about half way up killing the top half of the trees. Many porcupines look pretty ratty, but this guy looked like he just came from a beauty salon.