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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 7, 2023 15:11:39 GMT
Barking or roaring ? Porcupine high up on a plains cottonwood tree limb. Oldman River Valley, March 6, 2023.  |
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Post by tourerjim on Mar 7, 2023 15:29:26 GMT
Do they eat the bark Clive, making good job of stripping it.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 7, 2023 15:39:35 GMT
Do they eat the bark Clive, making good job of stripping it. They only eat bark. Their teeth hack the soft bark like an adze. Here is a video I took in January 2022.  |
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Post by tourerjim on Mar 7, 2023 18:12:11 GMT
Thanks Clive.
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Post by jackscrap on Mar 8, 2023 20:59:00 GMT
Such a weird looking animal, their diet doesn’t sound very appetising.
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Post by kdcintx on Mar 8, 2023 23:16:31 GMT
If they eat the bark off the tree, does it kill the tree?
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Post by cjt on Mar 9, 2023 3:30:23 GMT
It can, if it goes all the way around and kills off the ways the nourishment gets up and down the tree. They are not an overly popular animal is some places!
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 9, 2023 3:44:31 GMT
If they eat the bark off the tree, does it kill the tree? They can be damaging but rarely kill a tree as they eat softer bark up high. They are responsible for a lot of top death in old poplars. See cjt's comment below. It can, if it goes all the way around and kills off the ways the nourishment gets up and down the tree. They are not an overly popular animal is some places! In a large wooded river valley one or two do not do extensive damage. But they are most unwelcome in a farm shelterbelt or urban park. |
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