Here's another short video clip of this porcupine I came across while out photographing along the North Saskatchewan River in the Strathcona Science Park. He (or she) was pretty small, maybe about the size of a beach ball, and was not going anywhere--if I moved too suddenly he'd pause from his eating, but he never left his spot. It's hard to imagine how a porcupine can get enough nutrition out of the dried grass and seeds that he's eating here to be able to survive the kind of cold that we've been getting lately, but I guess they do.
You can push the fullscreen button (four outward arrows at the bottom-right of the video) to view it larger, or follow the link to watch a high-definition version at vimeo.com.
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