Dr. Tim Bean

We just started naming things without even talking about it. It was just like, oh, there's this location that this thing happened. We're going to call it that. And there's this really popular willow stand that a bunch of different porcupines were going to call it this and started naming the porcupines.

It just felt very instinctive, like something that humans have been doing for a million years, like walking around as a group and a team. Looking for animals and learning about the landscape that we're walking through was just really joyful.

It just felt very instinctive, like something that humans have been doing for a million years, like walking around as a group and a team. Looking for animals and learning about the landscape that we're walking through was just really joyful.

It just felt very instinctive, like something that humans have been doing for a million years, like walking around as a group and a team. Looking for animals and learning about the landscape that we're walking through was just really joyful.

And seeing that landscape through the porcupine's eyes and going to places that I would never go before and thinking about how they were using the landscape was just incredible.

And seeing that landscape through the porcupine's eyes and going to places that I would never go before and thinking about how they were using the landscape was just incredible.

And seeing that landscape through the porcupine's eyes and going to places that I would never go before and thinking about how they were using the landscape was just incredible.

I don't think so. I think it's mostly the nose.

I don't think so. I think it's mostly the nose.

I don't think so. I think it's mostly the nose.

Yeah, and not smelling whatever they're smelling.

Yeah, and not smelling whatever they're smelling.

Yeah, and not smelling whatever they're smelling.

Thank you so much. It's a pleasure. Thank you so much for your interest in porcupines.

Thank you so much. It's a pleasure. Thank you so much for your interest in porcupines.

Thank you so much. It's a pleasure. Thank you so much for your interest in porcupines.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Thanks, everyone, for your universal love of the best mammal on Earth.