Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Wildlife authorities in Tennessee were called out to rescue an unusual escaped pet: a porcupine. The ...

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

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 ...

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

The porcupettes, in turn, always flatten their quills in the presence of their mother. It’s most common for a porcupine to ...