When you’re at Thanksgiving dinner and someone asks you why you’re still single… What’s your point, Leann? The porcupine lives a solitary lifestyle for most of the year. However, between September and December, it usually seeks out other porcupines to bring to family gatherings. Let’s just eat, please? What’s on the menu? Porcupines are generalists, eating a wide range of plant material depending upon the season. In the spring/summer porcupines eat berries, seeds, grasses, leaves, roots, and stems. During the winter they primarily eat evergreen needles and even tree bark. While the porcupine may be rather elusive, you might spot one moving around at night, walking near roadsides, or regretting their decision to accept another Thanksgiving dinner invite. Stay prickly, my friend. Image: Porcupine sitting in a tree at greatsanddunesnps, CO. NPS/Patrick Myers #porcupine #thanksgiving #familydinner #family #solitude #gathering #nature #greatsanddunesnationalpark