Sid the Dancing/Boxing Porcupine - San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park

A porcupine whom we named Sid boxing/dancing at the San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park

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Pets & Animals

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• sid
• the
• dancing
• boxing
• dance
• box
• psych
• psyching
• san
• diego
• zoo
• wild
• animal
• park
• california

[bluewave747]

what is it doing?

[karatekween33]

not sure... alot of animals in zoos tend to do repetitive movements, it's like they've gone mad. it's a sad thing to see

[xbabyqtx]

hes not dancing hes depressed being in a cage

[Otilio1970]

TRADITIONAL DEPRESSED BEHAVIOR DUE TO A CAGE. VERY VERY SAD TO SEE A WONDERFULL ANIMAL ACT LIKE THIS IN THE CAGE

[ExploringBeyond]

he's not depressed, he just got an arrow in the knee

[Babyhowdy233]

Porcupines are highly intelligent, social animals and need the company of other porcupines or alot of human attention, otherwise they do this behavior you see here, known as "weaving". Contact the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park and complain. This is very sad.

[yahoopl3]

zoos shouldn't exist

[lordcapucino]

maybe he is thinking, "bad boys bad boys what you gonna do when i for you?"

[ChuckNorrisKratos]

Hes doing his prison dance. It's what prisoners like to do from boredom.

[Travisdjtg]

its Porcupine ocd.

[scootkh]

He's doing weaving behavior, it's caused by being undersocialized and kept in a small enclosure/restricted. We as humans need stimulus and novelty to keep us interested and aware, so do animals, especially the intelligent ones. I had a horse that did the same thing, he did better being outside with other horses in a paddock than being in a stall alone.

[JohnTeruMacy]

It's the potty dance :D

[MrIsmUnknown]

so sad