"We answered a lot of not-so-subtle questions about porcupine quills - they're soft at birth ... captivity and form lifelong monogamous pairs, raising their young together. Hershey is a cape ...

With one look at the collection of quills on their backs, you’d think the porcupine and the hedgehog are related. However, while they’re both mammals, they have a lot of notable differences.

The porcupine, whose lost quills would soon grow back, went on its way having successfully repelled its attacker. Leopards will eat anything from insects to large antelopes, but a Cape porcupine makes ...

What they’re not Hedgehogs, porcupines, and the Australian echidna have one thing in common – they all have quills. However, they are not really related. They are an example of a kind of ...