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Baby Cape Porcupine aka “Prickly Piggy”

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This baby Cape porcupine was born June 6th at Switzerland's Zoo Basel. Unusually long-lived for a rodent, Cape porcupines live up to 20 years. Although the English name is hardly any better, we are always amused by the German translations of animal names, in this case the German word for "baby porcupine" roughly translates to "Prickly Piggy." 

Mom has food. Baby prickly pig is intrigued
Baby porcupine zoo basel 1 rs

Baby porcupine zoo basel 1b rs

Perhaps nuzzling will provide access to delicious carrot
Baby porcupine zoo basel 2

Baby porcupine zoo basel 3 rs closeup

Is there delicious carrot in this porcu's future? Tune in next week to find out.

6 responses to “Baby Cape Porcupine aka “Prickly Piggy””

  1. Holy Cuteness Avatar
    Holy Cuteness

    Prickly cuteness!

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  2. Cranky Amy Avatar
    Cranky Amy

    Um, yeah, I literally squeaked when I saw this one. . .

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  3. Adrienne Avatar
    Adrienne

    Adorable!

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  4. Adrienne Avatar
    Adrienne

    BTW, I love the captions you guys write. They’re half the fun of reading this blog!

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  5. Leroy Avatar
    Leroy

    I know a delicious carrot is in my future…

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  6. Joy Avatar
    Joy

    I’ve had African hedgehogs as pets for years and find porcupines adorable as well. had one big boy living in my backyard for awhile. this little baby porcupine is just precious.

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