Stripedporpines

Striped

by Ruby O'Degee

Striped Porpines look similar to Porcupines, but they are dangerous rats. Their extended poison quills are red.

Basic Information

Anatomy

They weigh 75.4 pounds. Their life span is normally 22.3 years. This gives the Striped Porpine plenty of time to learn how to use their quills effectively. They train in groups of 5 or 6. There is no distinguishable difference between males and females at a distance. By that time, residents and visitors to the Hamlet run. Captured Striped Porpine Males are promiscuous. They are more interested in fighting Wild Boars than parenting. Females parent 6 Porpine mice for 4 weeks. Then they are on their own to forage and terrify visitors to the forest.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Striped Porpines are herbivores. They enjoy eating forest grasses and fancy mushrooms. What is less known about these dangerous rats is that they like eating grasses and mushrooms with pork tenderloin. Hamlet visitors find running from Porpines a mistake. Porpines chase bothersome tourists for miles. Porpines will barter a stubborn human trapper for a wild boar killed by wolves. Porpines find humans troublesome to eat.

Behaviour

No Hamlet resident enjoys yanking quills out of Striped Propines. The Porpines know their quills require a wrench to remove them. Hamlet vets argue that Porpines deliberately fill their quills with poison during hunting season.

Scientific Name

Ratredquillers

Origin/Ancestry

LWH Porpines by ROD w/Midjourney

Propinequillers are descendants of porcupine that are friendly unless provoked. Friendly porcupines do not shoot quills. Striped Propines do not need provocation to shoot quills. They shoot quills for sport.

Conservation Status

Striped Porpines are not an endangered species in Lost Words Hamlet. Hunted season is the only time porpines are not protected in some way. Considered a rodent and a pest, petitions are consistently filed to change their protected status.

by Violet M. (rod)