Porcupines are the Largest African rodents and can have a body mass of up to 18 kg and an overall length of 80cm.

They are vegetarians and are capable of doing great damage to crops; they are fond of tree bark, roots and even bones.

Some questions we always have to answer: Can porcupines shoot their quills?

NO they can’t fire their quills. The quills are modified hair and cannot be fired or released when they feel like it. If you find a predator with a few quills sticking out of his body it is most likely the predator harassed the porcupine and got to close.

The next question is: How do porcupines mate?

My first answer will be ‘’very carefully’’ The female draw her tail sideways to expose her quill-free bottom surface to the male.

Crop farmers are not too happy when they find porcupines on their farm, but we at Kololo are always happy to take wild (problem Animals) away from farms and release them on kololo where they can live in peace.