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Found clinging to her mother’s dead body in the middle of the road, Shomi the porcupine was rescued by a kind gentleman who nursed her tenderly and brought her to us. Her long life was spent allowing people to pet her and educating them about the sweet nature of a porcupine.

 

Porcupine in the snow
Shomi in all her prickily glory
Close up of a porcupine's face
Shomi’s beautiful face

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Animal (Bear) Time

— by Susan Eirich, PhD — Those of you who read the story of Huckleberry Bear Bear in “The Bear Who wouldn’t Budge” remember the bitter, bitter experience we had when human time and needs conflicted with animal time. Or at least Huckleberr ....Read More

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