I surprised a porcupine on the ground up in the spruce grove this morning. It was walking along making little grunting noises when I interrrupted. Uncharacteristically, after showing me its backside, it then turned to face me and approached to with two feet of me, clicking its teeth. As it waddled away, it resumed grunting — this is faintly audible in the video.
–Dave
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So it was its teeth, that noise. Being in possession of a fearsome set of gnashers myself I must remember that as a defense strategy.
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Yeah. That’s what I was doing in the infamous photo on my website: chattering back at a porcupine. The wildlife rehabilitator whose baby porcupine is featured in a series of adorable YouTube videos
says that teeth chattering has more meanings than just threat, though:
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