Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This calm and confident prehensile-tailed porcupine is growing into quite the distinguished young gentleman. Piquito is well on his way to becoming a distinguished young gentleman. At seven months old, he's weighing in at a little over 4 lbs (seven times his birth weight) and is described by his wildlife care team as calm and confident. Figs top his favorite-foods list, but he’ll happily crunch on jicama or yam too.

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