Random Animals Blog

How did I not know this about porcupines until now? How is this not common knowledge?

Maybe because it’s disgusting.

When a female porcupine is on heat, the bloke ambles around smelling places where she has had a slash and apparently that gets him going.

At that point, the pair engage in a ‘comical dance’. Not sure how this helps, but that’s the non-disgusting part, so I’d advise you to dwell on that for a bit before the big finish.

The big finish is this: After the comical dance, the male urinates all over the female.

Seriously, all over her. Top to toe. He can fire it seven feet, the stream’s that powerful.