Babies are born with teeth but can still nurse without hurting mom. It also means they can start eating soft twigs and leaves soon after birth. The young nurse up to four months till breeding starts in the fall.
I only tried porcupines once as they were so hard to prompt correctly! Love this image though!! You're always welcome to share your animal images in my chat and if you want to join some fun small challenges check out a few of the ones Triangulus and I are both in like the wigs challenge, Zosticus whims, and his 4/5 only voting challenge! More fair voting, and creative ideas to explore!
A mother and baby North American porcupine crawling along a slightly thick branch to get at the growing buds and leaves of a linden tree, spring time setting, open bright forest of deciduous trees, medium range shot, adorable
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Conifers, evergreens, thick branch,porcupines obscured by other branches and leaves, poorly porcupine, extra limbs, disfigured, deformed