Squeak the Baby Porcupine

September 30, 2024 3:20 AM

Watch Squeak go from being so tiny she can’t eat a peanut, to being able to eat one peanut at a time, to chomping through sweet potato slices like a champ.

Squeak’s young mom is Spike, who had her quite late in the season and is, um, an imperfect parent. Squeak is feisty, pushy, and one of many wild neighbors.

I have been enjoying watching her grow, specifically, but there are a lot of other characters, like Chonkers who has mastered cups, Prickly with magnificent hair, and patient Pip.

More fine dining with Squeak.

posted by Mizu (5 comments total)

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posted by HearHere at 3:31 AM on September 30 [2 favorites]

Oh man these guys are so charming.

I'm amused at the compulsion to tell a small animal how tiny it is. "you're so small! You really are very small"
posted by Zumbador at 3:39 AM on September 30 [3 favorites]

The first time I encountered a porcupine in the wild was weird because they just don't give a fuck. Deer, rabbits, squirrels will all startle and run away when you accidentally sneak up on them, and it's usually a bad sign (rabies) when an animal doesn't immediately scurry away when you come across them. That porcupine just did not care that I had stumbled across it as long as I remained more than ten feet away. If I got closer than that it just passive-aggressively moved a little farther away and continued eating.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 6:30 AM on September 30 [3 favorites]

Porcupines are frustratingly cute. You want to snuggle and pet them, but you usually can't. It's unfair.
posted by tommasz at 7:42 AM on September 30 [1 favorite]

I am very impressed at Chonker's dexterity with the cup!
posted by tavella at 8:02 AM on September 30