In the early hours of May 17, Fort Worth Zoo in Texas welcomed its first prehensile-tailed porcupine baby. “The gender of the baby is not yet known, though it will be determined in the coming weeks through a quill DNA test. Image: Fort Worth ZooPrehensile-tailed porcupines are nocturnal rodents native to South America. “A porcupette is born with soft, reddish-orange hair and begins to grow its quills 24 hours after birth,” she adds. Image: Fort Worth Zoo