They aren’t hedgehogs.

africans ones are even bigger

Yes, I knew they were pretty big.

No, I didn’t. It just occurred to me that I’ve never actually seen one in rl. I assumed they were small, too.

yeah they're pretty chill

I accidentally shot one out of a tree once when I was young.
In the failing light, from the back in the tree it looked just like a Coon.
The closer it got to the ground after I shot it the less it looked that way.
I had to carry it back to camp to see what we should do with it.
I tied a rope to it's tail, not a small task, and carried it back.
I kept looking down at it and could see how damn cute they are.
I didn't try but they look like they could be pet on their bellies.

Have lots of them in Minnesota.

Yes have seen them in zoos

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yikes!

And if you have Dogs they think they are chew toys and will repeativly get a face full of quills.

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So, not cudddly? 🤔

very nice

Yes please stay away from them...😉

Yes they do get to be quite a size. Oh and stabby. 😁

Indeed
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We don't have porcupines where I live so I don't really know.

I’ve nothing to add, but here is an adorable [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cILZ_cB3_so]porcupine eating pumpkins.

Yep . We have issues with them around our stock ... they don’t survive for long if we see one at the farm

I’ve seen them in zoos, they didn’t look all that big but if you were expecting a hedgehog size yeah they’d be big. Raccoons can get up to 75 pounds although 20 pounds is normal. There is one that escaped from a truck in November and it weighs 50 pounds. It got loose and got pregnant and had babies here.

And a dog will never learn to leave them alone and get their faces full of quills

Is that why Ron Jeremy was called the hedgehog?🤔

Who would know that?

I’ve never seen one that I can recall. Something that size that can launch quills ...doesn’t sound like anything I want to deal with..

And have very few enemies.

The final boss 🤔

Yes I knew this

I've never got close enough to accurately gauge their size. I THINK I saw one from a distance on a hike once and hauled ass back down the trail, lol.

A cross between a pig and a tree?

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Yeah they're great big buggers. I wouldn't want to mess with one.

they are beavers with in home security system

Oh, yeah...they are like a groundhog ("woodchuck") with quills, bigger than skunks...

Their quills can kill a lion or leopard too

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You've tried picking one up? 🤨

I did! They're common around here and you occasionally spot one by the roadside. They are enormous and adorable and waddly. I don't want my dogs meeting one but they're SO CUTE.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5I5H7EeC8k]

Llamas are bigger than frogs 😂

Did you know crocodiles can grow up to 40 feet ? normally they have 4

Yup! Seen some horrible pictures of what happens to dogs who try to mess with them 😕

That’s big. 😳

We see them often at the cottage....they are huge! My dog back in the day charged at one in the garden and got quills in her mouth...we had to use pincers to remove them...she yelped alot while removing them...it must of really hurt..poor mutt :(

Yes, you can feed a party of four on one for a few days.

I think I did. they also have barbs on their quills that encourage them to keep going inwards and they're known to shake a bit, making their quills fly a little way, which gave people the notion that the porcupines could 'shoot' them at will.

That's scary. You see one?

I did