A baby porcupine, known as a porcupette, has been born in front of excited visitors at ZSL London Zoo. The mother, Hettie, left her den to give birth to Hershey outside, where visitors could see ...

9. Baby porcupines have soft quills at birth, which harden within a few days. When they grow accustomed to fending for ...

But unlike most rodents, they’re long-lived and slow to reproduce. A porcupine mother gives birth to only one baby a year.

That’s like a human giving birth to a 7 year old. But a baby doesn’t need to be big to be difficult. Take the porcupine. Those sharp spines protect it from predators. But they’re sometimes ...