. American animal life . e killedand ate a young porcupine, and the meat was tender and juicy, verymuch like young pork. I lis sense ol sight is very poor and he seems dull-witted. liemoves about slowly, perhaps because with his spmcs as weapons hefears nothing. He does not throw his spines, as is generally sup-posed, but when attacked by an enemy he erects his quills and thengives a strong sidewise slap with his tail. I his drives the <jmilsmto his enemy. The porcupine quills are very dangerous. Each quill is fittedwith numerous barbs that make it almost impossible to pull themout; m tact,
. American animal life . e killedand ate a young porcupine, and the meat was tender and juicy, verymuch like young pork. I lis sense ol sight is very poor and he seems dull-witted. liemoves about slowly, perhaps because with his spmcs as weapons hefears nothing. He does not throw his spines, as is generally sup-posed, but when attacked by an enemy he erects his quills and thengives a strong sidewise slap with his tail. I his drives the <jmilsmto his enemy. The porcupine quills are very dangerous. Each quill is fittedwith numerous barbs that make it almost impossible to pull themout; m tact, they work their way into the body, and finally penetratea vital spot, and the hunter has to give up his lite tor the meal heonly halt enjoyed many weeks before. I hough naturally a nocturnal animal, the porcupine often prowlsabout by day, visiting the camps of hunters, eating all the salt he canfind. He eats the bacon and everything leather he can find: heeven eats the ax helves. Perhaps he prefers traveling in the day-. PORCUIINE CANADA LYNX AND PORCl IPINE time, because most of his enemies prowl about at night, especially his most persistent enemy,the fisher, who manages to get the porcupine by the throat, where he is least protected byspines. When the very cold weather comes on, the porcupine curls up in a hall, with his spinestoward the opening oi his den, making him sate from almost any attack, trying to sleep andforget his hunger until a warm sua]) comes along. I hen he gets out to feed upon the harkot trees, so that he can withstand the cold for another spell, hut he fears nothing, and goeshack to sleep, hoping that spring will hurry along so that he can enjoy the fresh greenleaves attain.
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