Adorable, Prickly New Baby Porcupine Is Born And Thriving At A Chicago Zoo (Pics & Video)

Hello! We are here with some important news. Did you know that baby porcupines are also called porcupettes? In line with a statement from the Chicago Zoo, Lucia, a 9-year-old porcupine, gave birth to a baby porcupette on March 19. Well, now you do and your life is better for it.

Porcupettes are born with soft quills that start to harden and sharpen over a few days. In these first few days of life, baby porcupines also start to walk and become mobile quickly. Their brown coats allows them to stay hidden in the wild until the get older. After 10 weeks, wild baby porcupines are often weaned from their mothers so they can start exploring the world and learning to live on their own.