Seen in middle Tennessee

[Psalm7]

My Cousin sent Me this and said He took it while bow hunting this Morning . I grew up hunting and fishing here always doing Something outdoors but have never seen or heard of reports of one here .
Oh if you can't tell by the picture its a Porcupine .

 

[tmttactical]

P7. Thanks for the post. I always enjoy nature pictures.

 

[VenomJockey]

Very unusual to see one in Tennessee!! Poor little fella musta got lost! Bet he/she is lonely!

 

[GaRp58]

What is the picture of VenomJockey?

 

[VenomJockey]

What is the picture of VenomJockey?

The green area is the natural range of the porcupine.

 

[jontte]

helluwa long way from home that's for sure...

 

[GaRp58]

He is on a SURVIVAL of the fittest trip man!!! Guess he got tired of the Grand Canyon and bushfires in the mid-west. Heading for some moonshiners homestead...GP

 

[VenomJockey]

helluwa long way from home that's for sure...

Yes he/she is, and my guess is there are others. Kinda makes you wonder how many other critters are where they ain't supposed to be!!

 

[GaRp58]

Uh, do you also mean the critters in Politics???

 

[Psalm7]

P7. Thanks for the post. I always enjoy nature pictures.

I take alot of pictures while in the outdoors but sometimes this site will not let me post pics .

 

[Psalm7]

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Very unusual to see one in Tennessee!! Poor little fella musta got lost! Bet he/she is lonely!

There has been sightings in East Tennessee in the Smokies and were indigenous throughout the Southeast centuries ago . Looking at the map they could cone down through Virginia through the Smokey Mountains then follow the Rivers here . Mountain Lions have been caught on trail cams across the State . TWRA changed their Cougar message fron they are not here to there is not a breeding population here .

 

[Maverick]

They are good eating, they are considered here as survival food thus you can't legally kill them at random only in survival situations, they get up to about 38lbs here. That one in the picture looks like a young one, they have any floods in the area that would have pushed him down in that area?

 

[Silent Earth]

Escaped pet perhaps??

 

[DrHenley]

 

[TexasFreedom]

That second map looks better, and even shy IMO. I know of more than one hunting dog owner who's paid $1000+ to get the quills pulled from one of their dogs. And that's here in the middle of TX. Usually have to sedate the dog to do it, and 100's of quills. Poor pups.

 

[Psalm7]

That makes sense . We occasionally get black bear here that travel from East Tennessee to middle Tennessee . The porcupine in the picture had a den according to My Cousin that took the picture .

 

[Psalm7]

Escaped pet perhaps??

Could be , alot or People keed Hedgehogs but I wouldn't think many People keep porcupine . They are quite dangerous .

 

[Silent Earth]

Man Oh Man that is one very well travelled porcupine, its little legs must be very sore and tired roming from alaska to texas and coast to coast, Our hedgehogs only roam a mile or two ???

 

[Silent Earth]

Could be , alot or People keed Hedgehogs but I wouldn't think many People keep porcupine . They are quite dangerous .

Especially if you let it sleep on the bed like the family mutt ?

 

[Silent Earth]

That makes sense . We occasionally get black bear here that travel from East Tennessee to middle Tennessee . The porcupine in the picture had a den according to My Cousin that took the picture .

Erm Amtrak or Greyhound??

 

[Psalm7]

Erm Amtrak or Greyhound??

The area between Knoxville and Chattanooga is like a valley between the East Tennessee Great Smokey Mountains and Our Cumberland Mountains / Plateau here a river system including the Tennessee River runs between them . Theres alot of remote areas that see little to no Human activity . The mid South is like that one minute your in urban sprawl a few miles later your surrounded by wilderness .

 

[user 7704]

Ive never seen one here. Thank goodness. I have seen several dead armadillos. Never a live one though

 

[KateMTx]

Cute little critter but best admired from a distance. He does seem to be a bit far from home. Maybe he needed a vacation.

 

[TexasFreedom]

Ive never seen one here. Thank goodness. I have seen several dead armadillos. Never a live one though

Live armadillos are great. Take a young kid, and tell them to go catch it. Get your camera, recliner and popcorn ready. It'll wear out the kid and no harm to anyone. Perfect.

 

[Maverick]

One needs to be careful around armadillos, they are one of the carriers of leprosy

 

[user 7704]

One needs to be careful around armadillos, they are one of the carriers of leprosy

Hopefully, I won't find out.

 

[Silent Earth]

One needs to be careful around armadillos, they are one of the carriers of leprosy

But they only carry it until their arms fall off

 

[lonewolf]

there is an old tale about porcupines living in an area not far from me but I have yet to see one for real.

 

[VenomJockey]

That is a youngster...mama and daddy are around somewhere. Wonder just how many there may be!! Seems there are many such examples of "out of place animals" around the world......

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/10/totally-bizarre-out-of-place-animal-populations/

 

[Silent Earth]

That is a youngster...mama and daddy are around somewhere. Wonder just how many there may be!! Seems there are many such examples of "out of place animals" around the world......

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/10/totally-bizarre-out-of-place-animal-populations/

We have / had Coypu and Wallabies and Chinese Water Deer living in the UK.