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Damn those little guys are cute.

They're just adorable. Who wouldn't want one?

Porcupines rule. I would name him Spike.

Somebody has a new pet.

Anybody with a sense of smell. Seriously, those things make skunk scent seem like perfume. Imagine the nastiest, funkiest body odour you've ever had the misfortune of getting a whiff of, and then multiply that by 10.

Do I want to to know how you managed to get close enough to a porcupine to smell it?

Or does it just take a good wind?

Would be difficult to give the little guy a bath, wouldn't it?

I've handled one before. They don't smell like roses granted, but they're better than ferrets.

Those buggers reek.

It just takes a decent breeze. I smelled it long before I spotted it. Was my first in person porcupine sighting. They are cute little buggers but man they friggin' reek.