Not As Cuddly As I Look -- North American Porcupine in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
by Darin Volpe
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Not As Cuddly As I Look -- North American Porcupine in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
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Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
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The North American Porcupine is an excellent climber, using it's bristle-like hairs on the underside of its tail to aid it when scaling trees. They are best known for their defensive quills, modified hairs which have microscopic barb-like structures. Porcupines are the second largest rodent in North America, second only to the beaver. Their range runs all the way from northern Mexico to Canada and Alaska and are commonly found in forested areas.
The Skilak Wildlife Recreation area is part of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge consists of nearly two-million acres of the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage.
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January 10th, 2017
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