Reverend Recoil Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 I spent some time at Camp Q-West. Some of my engineering design and construction projects are a new waste water treatment plant and a garbage incinerator. During that time one of the fellows trapped a large porcupine. It was the 5th one trapped in a month. The porcupines had been raiding a warehouse full of MRE's. Their teeth rip right through the MRE cartons. The porcupines eat the M&M's, fudge brownies, and peanut butter and leave the rest. They are some of the fattest porcupines in Iraq. All five of them were released fifteen miles outside of camp. The fellows at the water works trapped a mongoose and have kept it in a cage as a pet. It is about the size of a fox squirle. No petting is allowed. That mongoose is the meanest little critter I have ever seen. It is fed food from the chow hall. Hard boiled eggs are its favorite. This little mongoose can devour three hard boiled eggs in one minute. I will try to get a picture of it next time. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/dwa...6/P2200086a.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/dwa...6/P2200093a.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/dwa...6/P2200097a.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/dwa...6/P2200099a.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/dwa...6/P2200108a.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiris Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Hey Rev, great pics and a heart-felt thank you for your service. Hope you're back safe and sound very soon. Spiris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc0332 Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 You take care over there Rev! Thanks for the pics. Thanks for all you are doing. Please send more pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimro Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Love the "Try Burning this one..." photo, it has been saved to hard drive Jimro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doble Troble Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Thanks for the photos and info. It looks like beautifull weather over there - and flat as Eastern North Carolina. I guess you don't have to tell anyone not to pet the porcupine. I wonder how they taste? - especially after all the MRE goodies. I'm sure that the infrastructure you're building will be well appreciated in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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