Cool Facts- The thin-spined porcupine isn’t actually a porcupine, but it is a rodent. These rodents are rarely seen due to their nocturnal and reclusive behavior. Thin-spined porcupines prefer to spend the majority of their lives in the treetops. Despite having a long, naked tail, it is not prehensile. Instead, the thin-spined porcupine uses their tail as a counterbalance while clinging to thin branches. During the night, the rodents make their way into the canopy to seek out ripe nuts and fruit. Long incisors make easy work of their favorite food, the cacao pod. Due to the mass deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest, the thin-spined porcupine is learning how to adapt. Capable of living on forest edges near agricultural plantations, new research is suggesting the thin-spined porcupine might handle change better than we previously believed.
Jazz pianist Dorothy Donegan performs with sailors at Camp Robert Smalls, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, June 16, 1943.
Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy
Series: General Photographic Files
Image description: Dorothy Donegan sits at a piano with her hands on the keys. She is wearing a light-colored strapless gown, flowers in her hair, and a lace veil. Around her are four men in U.S. Navy uniforms. Three of them hold instruments, and one holds a conductor’s baton. In the background, more sailors set up a drum kit. All of the people in the photo are Black; they are at a segregated facility.