As we pulled up to the lodge, I spotted this porcupine in the field. I was amazed at how close it allowed me to get before raising its quills into a defensive posture. Jeanine seemed to believe that they are able to launch their quills rendereing would be attackers incapacitated. I did not subscribe to this theory and continued at close distance as the porcupine, in no apparent hurry, retreated to its tree. I had no idea that they slept in trees.