re SLSL Intro "Two Amiable Fuzzy Creatures"

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The mating habits of the porcupine are rather bizarre; the male approaches
the female with embraces and nose-rubbing, if receptive, she allows him to
spray her with gouts of urine. When fully soaked copulation occurs and 210
days later one offspring is born, sighted, mobile and covered in hair and
quills. The porcupine feeds on leaves, twigs and green plants and has a
ravenous appetite for salt (it will chew on any salt stained tools or
clothes it comes across) and also it relishes plywood because of the glue
between the layers.
www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/porcup.htm

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