Today discuss this fascinating rodent with a quills that can hang upside down from its tail! 

There is also some bonus family drama included . . . 

Sources 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131237/

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Injuries-in-the-hand-and-fingers-of-the-victim-that-attempted-to-hold-the-animal_fig2_250031447

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000200018

https://myanimals.com/animals/wild-animals-animals/mammals/meet-the-adorable-prehensile-tailed-porcupine/

https://eol.org/pages/327162

https://wtop.com/animals-pets/2019/11/prehensile-tailed-porcupine-born-at-national-zoo-in-dc/

https://cubcreeksciencecamp.com/programs-activities/meet-our-animals/mammals/prehensile-tailed-porcupine/

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http://animalia.bio/prehensile-tailed-porcupine

http://happyhollow.org/explore/zoo/education-ambassador/prehensile-tailed-porcupine/

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https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Coendou_prehensilis/