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Tag Archives: Porcupine

Tracking the Bear.

15-Jan-10

Águas Vermelhas I left around 11:30 this morning to follow the tracks up the mountain.  Any doubts I had were quickly resolved; the tracks went underneath low-lying branches and in certain places the pawprints were crystal-clear.  It was indeed a bear, wandering around in mid-January. For the most part the tracks were clear.  They came to one […]

Dead Porcupine.

30-Aug-09

http://catherinecrouch.com/wp-content/themes/workreap/style.css Multa novit vulpes, ericius unum magnum.   “The fox knows many tricks, the porcupine one good one.”  Unfortunately it didn’t work this time for him.  I don’t know how he died, but he certainly did get eaten – there was nothing left but a few large vertebrae, some hair, and the quills.  I was surprised at […]