Are porcupines known to be vicious animals? Why do they attack so many dogs?
>>5147915They are defensive they can't run fast so dogs chase them down easily. That's enough of a hostile approach they're justified in quilling the animal whether it was trying to bite or just trying to sniff it aggression has already been demonstrated and reprisal is in order.
>>5147915poor pupper chungus wungus he just wanted to pway wit da spiky boi
>>5147918>>5147915I want to imagine the owner yelling at the porcupine "he just wanted to play with you he just wanted to playyyy"
>>5147918
you can search pitbull porcupine in google and get endless resultsshitbulls need to be eradicated
>>5147938>>5147939>one of them got so badly quilled its internal organs and heart got punctureddamn nature is kind of metal in its selection
>>5147915The Libertarians should change their logo to the humble porcupine
>>5147918I thought that was an English bull terrier
>>5148084Every dog is a pitbull, once you understand that you realize the stats retards throw around are exaggerated
>>5148084>>5148094
>>5147918I hate shitbulls so much.
>>5147984African porcupines have killed leopards that way too.Though I think their quills are longer than American porcupines? Not sure. They're not closely related, btw.
>>5148109You're correct, African porcupines have much more extreme quills than their American counterparts.
>>5148109african porcupine quills are like ice picks, very nasty
>>5148111>>5148109>>5147915are the porcupines okay after they do this?
>>5148105>I posted a dumb reddit meme so im smarter
>>5148209this isn't face book lil unc, nobody is falling for you dissimulation
fucking lol these are comedy goldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIIhh4QYFjA
>>5148213
Porcupines are the most harmless animals ever if you don't spook and corner them, notice how in the first video it tries to run away rather than stab first.https://youtu.be/d4781_z-Ioc?t=200https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyWlm-y8QYs
>>5148219not only that, but the whole "shoot/launch their quills" thing is a myth, they literally cannot do anything to you unless you physically touch them or are in range of getting backed up into. That's why friendly dogs get spiked like the beagle in >>5147937, because he was probably just like "oh hey you're new wanna play let me smell your ass" like they are with basically everything, and then they got warning swiped.
>>5148224Any predatory animal will try once, and a skilled hunter can even flip them, but even really dedicated hunters like greyhounds, gsps and huskies quit after a mouthful
>>5148084same shit>>5148209>everything i don't like is reddit
>>5148109theyre longer, but american porcupines quills are fucking barbed, meaning they dig their way in a lot better than african porcupine quills and are a pain to remove>>5148207yeah, its literally shedding hair
>>5148111The the Africans ever make these into a weapon somehow? I know their African, but I feel like even they could make those into some crazy slingshot ammo or something
>>5148246Native Americans used their quills for clothing decorations but as far as I can tell Africans never did anything with them. The quills are hollow and full of air so they're not much use as projectile weapons.
>>5148243wojak
>>5147939There's no way that shitbull didn't die
>>5147915Is it really that common for dogs to attack them?My dog(Labradoodle) has found multiple hedgehogs during night walks and never attacked one.
>>5148276Really dude? You ever wonder why dogs go after skunks and rattlesnakes, despite them posing a risk? They can’t learn before experiencing that skunks spray and rattlesnakes have venom, they simply see what appears to be a prey animal and try to hunt it. Same for a porcupine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWEUUbJyp0
do the quills shoot out of them like a spike grenade or something?
>>5148856no they cant shoot them at all. they can only jab you by flicking their butt into you if youre extremely close.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDFACDPDRqgdidnt realize until i saw this how noisy and rattly the quills sound when they move, pretty cool. something has to be super persistent to a self destructive degree to receive so many quills right to the face and continue attacking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajahmGzzejM
https://youtube.com/shorts/N-0dPGpLgV4?is=jtedFF__5HopazxaThe aislop about porcupines being shotguns is really funny though
>>5148862is that leopard young? its paws were already bloody and it was still fucking with it
>>5149232What the hell am i looking at?
>>5149264A nanny dog that was viciously attacked by a porcupine.
>>5149269Oh now i see it. The previous pic fucked with my brain something fierce, looked like an addled blanket or some shit thrown on a couch behind the cat.
>>5149264a cat giving a cactus the stink eye?
>>5149232why were they taking a picture instead of bringing the dog to the vet?
>>5149053He didn't want to look like a bitch in front of his audience.
>>5149053it almost considered eating the quill that was just lodged in its paw. it mustve been really hungry
