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# You can't have a bald American hero
Balding, maybe, but not a full on slaphead.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:13, archived)
# I have something for you, hang on..


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Taken just after lunch when the rain stopped :)

And woo Microwave!
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:15, archived)
# Aww, *strokes, regrets*
They are aces :)
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:21, archived)
# They are , excuse the pun, quite hairy to be inside an enclosure with
there were four of them, and one on it's own has the potential to kill a lion through infection (they urinate on those spikes). The second one was bang on my case and flared up it's combs in aggression, until the keepers suggested I get out. So getting a shot for a press release wasn't easy!
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:25, archived)
# Ha, it's not all fluffy baby animals :)
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:28, archived)
# Absolutely
I felt genuinely quite wiry of them
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:33, archived)
# Oh, and your gaz
They are African brushed-tailed Porcupines , Atherurus africanus, native to western central Africa, according to the Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals about one of the best books written on the subject, as a guide
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:30, archived)
# *sits cross-legged on floor*
And how come they're totally different colours Mr Jahled, sir?
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:32, archived)
# The white one, Blondie, was initially thought to be albino I think
but apparently white members of the species are not so uncommon; though in this instance I don't think we are completely certain, in so far as who I have spoken to
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:38, archived)
# Looks a bit like me to be honest.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:43, archived)
# Porkypines!
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:23, archived)
# Shitty pish!

This just reminded me of a wild porcupine family I saw in Sri Lanka: mummy, biiiig daddy and babby porcupine.
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:28, archived)
# Aww, cute porkypies
Dangerous, cute porkypies
(I helped save b3ta! Tangy bzzzzzzzzt, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:28, archived)
# AW CUTE
cute cute cute
:D
(I helped save b3ta! Ysol ab abl blap, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 21:20, archived)
# he's american hero 2.0
he's at peace with his imperfections

but he's GONNA KICK COMMIE ASS!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 19:34, archived)