Well, darn. I was trying to imagine all those porcupine up there on the
Alaskan steppes. It was a delightful if stratling image: hundreds of
thousands of porcupine waddling along feverishly, all packed to tgether
like, well, like packed porcupines ("Ouch!" "Hey, watch out!" "YOU watch
out! "Ow!"). As I sipped my early morning tea, I wondered at the fact that
I's never heard of this wonder of nature until now.... <grin!>
Lawry
> They're not porcupines[...], they're caribou. They're known as the
> Porcupine Herd because they are identified with the Porcupine Basin which
> they have to cross through to get from their wintering grounds to their
> summer calving grounds. I'll have to take your word for their decrease,
> though they are managed by an international board under the Porcupine
> Caribou Management Agreement. I used to know people on the
> board, but have
> lost contact with them during the past ten years.
>
> Ed Weick
>
