I've seen porcupines in Texas caves as far back as the '80s. I also remember a couple of times that there were unusually large numbers of dead porcupines on the highways in central and west Texas. It was like they were involved in mass migrations and got caught in the crossfire. (I've similarly seen large numbers of migrating tarantulas, with lots smashed on the roads in Texas.)
Interestingly, we also found a couple of porcupine carcasses very near the Last Bash entrance to J2 in Oaxaca, Mexico. That particular entrance is _way_ out in the boonies, so whatever the porcupines were doing there, it was unlikely to be related to human activity. Maybe they just like caves. :-) Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net On Thu, August 25, 2016 9:15 pm, Marvin and Lisa via Texascavers wrote: > And I can say they have been common in Government Canyon caves for > years. However, just in the last couple of years have I seen increased > amounts of road-killed porcupines around Spring Branch. > > Marvin Miller > > -----Original Message----- > From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf > Of Jerryatkin via Texascavers > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 8:01 PM > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Research finds porcupines are prominent in > many south-central Texas caves > > They're quite common (hence the Porcupine Grotto) in the western Edwards > Plateau caves. > > Jerry Atkinson. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Aug 25, 2016, at 6:54 PM, Don Arburn via Texascavers >> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> >> A couple live in Deep. >> >> --Don >> >>> On Aug 25, 2016, at 7:51 PM, Jerryatkin via Texascavers >>> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >>> >>> http://www.theeagle.com/landandlivestockpost/agrilifetoday/research-f >>> inds-porcupines-are-prominent-in-many-south-central-texas/article_7cf >>> be577-b3dd-581d-9d44-e2b136b331aa.html >>> >>> Jerry Atkinson. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
