IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER
CREATURE FEATURE AND THIS WEEK
WE HAVE THE OREGON ZOO HERE
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO MEET THE
BAIT OUT THE PRE HIM TOWN
TAILED PORCUPINE HE'S
WONDERING WHY DON'T HAVE ANY
FOOD MY HAND, YEAH, HE IS HERE
WITH AMBASSADOR ANIMAL KEEPER
3 WHEN CHAO, THANK YOU BOTH
FOR COMING TO BE HERE THIS IS
MASSIVE KNOW HE WOULD BE THIS
BIG AND HE'S ACTUALLY A FAIRLY
SMALL SPECIES OF PORCUPINE
SOME GRAND HOTEL PORCUPINES
ARE FOUND IN THE RAIN FOREST,
MOSTLY IN BRAZIL.
AND THEY LIVE THEIR WHOLE
LIVES UP AND THAT RAIN FOREST
CANOPY SO IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS TO
BE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER GOSH I
LOVE HIS LITTLE KNOWS. HE'S
GOT LIKE THIS LITTLE SNOUT
THAT IS SO CUTE THAT WE HAVE
AN EXCELLENT SENSE OF SMELL TO
SNIFF OUT ALL THOSE GREAT FOOD
THAT THEY EAT LOTS OF FLOWERS,
NUTS, AND SEEDS AND THE RAIN
ABSOLUTE FAVORITE THOSE CORE
SUBPOENA ALL REALLY HAS AND
YOU'VE GOT SOME FRUIT OR WHAT
IS THAT RIGHT NOW IS A GOLDEN
I LOVE TO YEAH THAT GOING
LATER OH MY GOSH OH YOU'RE
JUST TELL YOU IS PORCUPINES
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF THE
CAN ACTUALLY SHOOT THEIR
QUILLS THAT CEMENT AT THE S
THE CARTOONS HAVE LIED TO US
UM THEY CAN DO IS THEY PUFF
THEMSELVES UP IF THEY FEEL
THREATENED BY SOMETHING OR
THEIR PREY ANIMAL YEAH, AND
THEN IF A PREDATOR TRIED TO
ATTACK THEM AT THAT POINT
THEIR QUILLS ARE ABLE TO
RELEASE OUT OF THEIR SKIN ON
CONTACT, BUT THEY CAN'T LIKE
WATCH. YEAH, OK AND SO ON, BUT
YOU SAID WE CAN LIKE PET HIM
RIGHT LIKE I WERE HAVE A VETO
IS AN AMBASSADOR ANIMAL HE'S
SORRY PEOPLE OILS ARE TO
SQUELCH FEEL AS WELL FAMILY
YEAH, IF THAT'S SO COOL AND IS
USUALLY EAT ON 2 FEET LIKE
THIS OR DOES THIS MEAN
SOMETHING NOW HE USUALLY LEANS
BACK AT IT BECAUSE AFTER HE
LIKES TO HOLD ON TO HIS FOOD
WITH PEANUTS JUST THAT HE OUT
HIS HIS FEET, HE'S GOT THESE
KIND OF GOOFY LOOKING TO BEAT
YOU SAID THAT'S BECAUSE THEY
SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME IN
TREES EXACTLY SO THOSE FEEDER
PERFECTLY MADE FOR HIM TO
CLIMB AND HOLD ON AND THEN
THAT LONG PRETENSE I'LL TELL
JUST HOW THEY GET THEIR NAME
OF THEM TO WRAP AROUND
BRANCHES OR GRAB. SO THEY CAN
REACH A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO
TO GET TO THE BEST FOODS, OK
AND I HAD THAT SOME PEOPLE
DON'T MIND PEOPLE OF HEDGEHOGS
BUT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE PARKING
FINES AS PETS ON THE SAME MEAN
NO ABSOLUTELY NOT THEY
DEFINITELY ARE HAD TO STAY OUT
IN NATURE DO THEIR JOB IS TO
BE EXCELLENT SEE THIS FIRST
THERE'S THAT THEY HELP
FERTILIZE LOTS OF DIFFERENT
PLANTS OUT IN THE WILD AND
MOVED FROM PLACE TO THEY'RE
DEFINITELY NOT MEANT TO BE OUR
HOME FOR A THAT I AM JUST
HAVING TOO MUCH FUN WAS AN M
SACK ON ALL THE STEP IS JUST
TOO IN A ORGANS IT IS SUCH A
GOOD JOB TO YOU KNOW THROUGH
SOME OF YOUR ANIMAL
AMBASSADORS REALLY LIKE
TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT THE
HABITATS THEY COME FROM I
WOULD IMAGINE HE'S IN SOME
AREAS THAT YOU KNOW FACE SOME
DIFFERENT THREATS FROM
DEFORESTATION AND HABITAT LOSS
SO TELL US LITTLE ABOUT CAN
WEAR WHERE HIS SPECIES FROM
YES SO THEY ARE FOUND
PRIMARILY IN BRAZIL SO THAT
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST HABITAT,
WHICH OF COURSE DOES FACE A
LOT OF PRESSURE A LOT OF TIMES
FROM THE USES THAT WE PUT ON
IT, BUT THE THINGS THAT WE
WANT FROM THAT HABITAT SO A
LOT OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN
MAKE A REALLY POSITIVE IMPACT
FOR ALL ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN
RAIN FOREST HABITAT IS REALLY
BY THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE
WHEN WE GO.
AND PURCHASE THINGS AT THE
GROCERY STORE EVERY DAY SO
LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE SHADE
GROWN COFFEE. SO WE'RE NOT
CLEAR CUTTING THAT RAIN FOREST
AND THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE
TALK ABOUT IN OUR WILD
CONNECTIONS PROGRAMS THAT HE
IS THE STAR OF ONE OF THOSE AS
WELL, YEAH AND WHERE IS THAT
IN THE WHILE CONNECTIONS SO IT
PROGRAMS HAPPENED ALL OVER THE
ZOO WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT
SPECIES. EVERY DAY AND YOU CAN
ALWAYS PURCHASE TICKETS AT
THIS NEW THE DAY OF THE
PROGRAM BUT NOT ALL PROGRAMS
HAPPEN EVERY DAY OR YOU CAN
PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE IN
ADVANCE IT GIVES YOU GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THESE
ANIMALS BEHIND THE SCENES
CLOSE UP AND HAVE A REALLY
KIND OF MOMENT TO SEE HOW
AMAZING THEY ARE FOR YOURSELF
YEAH GUYS THEY'RE JUST SO NOW
I KNOW WE'RE GETTING IN THE
SPRING, THE WEATHER'S GETTING
NICER IT IS THE PERFECT END TO
BE OUTDOORS AND GO TO THE ZOO
AND YOU GUYS DO SOMETHING IS
ITS SECOND TUESDAY'S.
EVERY MONTH DISCOUNTED
TICKETS. SO THAT SOME FAMILIES
THAT WANT TO PLAN FOR YES, WE
HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS TO
ENSURE THAT THE ZOO IS
ACCESSIBLE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
SO BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY FREE
DAYS THAT WE DO ON A REGULAR
BASIS AS WELL AS FOR ALL
PROGRAM WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS THAT
THEY CAN THEY CAN COME AND
ENJOY THE SPACE AND AND LEARN
ABOUT THESE AMAZING PEOPLE,
READERS THAT LIVE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES. YEAH, LOOK EVERY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
AND THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO
US. I SAID THAT RIGHT RIGHT
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ABSOLUTE
ALL RIGHT WELL YOU CAN I LEARN
MORE ABOUT THAT NATO AND OTHER
ANIMALS FOLLOW THE OREGON ZOO
ON FACEBOOK TWITTER AND
INSTAGRAM.
AND OF COURSE CHECK OUT OUR
STORY ON KLEIN DOT COM ARE
GOING TO LET HIM JUST KEEP
EATING GET YOU BACK AND THOSE
PEOPLE THAT'S GREAT OK WE'RE
GOING TO SEND IT OVER TO