Reader Tammis Coffin found these boulders beneath a cedar blanketed with branch fragments on Cadillac Mountain in Bar Harbor, Maine. What created this surprising scene?
Answer
A porcupine went to work biting off cedar twigs! Porcupines love eating the inner bark of cedars, and the tenderest bark is found at the tips of the crown branches, so they trim off the tops to get to it.
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