Brookfield Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a baby porcupine. (Officially called a porcupette)
Brookfield Zoo is celebrating the arrival of an adorable baby porcupine.The little one was born March 19 to Lucia and Eddie, who make their home in the Hamill Family Play Zoo.For starters, we learned that baby porcupines are called “porcupettes.” Brookfield’s newborn has yet to be named and its sex is still a mystery — it can take up to six months to tell if a procupette is a boy or a girl.
Porcupettes, which typically weigh just under a pound at birth, are born with soft and bendable quills that protect the mom during the birthing process. It takes a few days for the quills to harden into the animal’s signature sharpness.
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