Images from the Far North: Porcupine near the Top of the World Highway

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Porcupine near the Top of the World Highway

Porcupine near the Top of the World Highway

Location: Top of the World Highway, Yukon Territory
Date: 30 October 2002
Camera: Pentax ZX-50
Porcupines just strike me as being cute little buggers, so I wanted at least one photo. This guy, like most of the porcupines I saw, wandered into dense brush and then went to sleep. Luckily he wasn't very tired, and would open his eyes and scratch his nose from time to time.