This baby Cape porcupine was born eight weeks ago at the
Naples Zoo weighing just 1 lb, but since then the prickly critter has grown to seven times her birth weight! Like all porcupines, at birth the little girl's quills were soft like hair but began to harden almost immediately.
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Rock-on little porcu
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Sorry to get your hopes up, but the
Moody Gardens'
porcupine baby, born February 26th, is not able to change colors. Each of the pictures below does, however, show the little fur-ball in a different light for your prickly, prehensile-tailed pleasure.

"Benito" is the second birth of his kind in Galveston, TX's Moody Gardens history.
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Born on the 4th of July at the Central Florida Zoo, this tiny South African crested porcupine was aptly named "Patriot." Weighing 1lb at birth, South African crested porcupines are born with fully formed quills, which are initially soft as hair but harden within 24 hours. Baby porcupines are also called "porcupettes!"

Porcupine affection is a delicate affair.
Patriot the porcupine meets the family
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