PorcupineFound all over the country. Nocturnal pest in crops and gardens, traveling up to 15 km per night foraging.
Porcupines can weigh up to 20 kg.
Search with shooting lamp in crop fields where they are foraging.
Taken at close range with 22-rim fire. Skinning and cooking it is quite a trick.
| To the uninformed, their spoor looks almost like that of a monkey | |
| Females are bigger than males | |
| Porcupines have delicious meat! | |
| Lions sometimes specialize in feeding on them, after going through a tough school | |
| Only the dominant female in a group gives birth. The other females mate without conceiving. Pairs mate daily! | |
| When threatened, it rushes backwards with quills erected and stick them into the attacker |