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Zoo welcomes baby porcupine for the first time in 121 years. It has its own 'emotional support log'

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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, welcomed a prehensile-tailed porcupette (baby porcupine) on August 17, 2026, the first birth of this species in the zoo's 121-year history. The porcupette, born to parents Nigel and Quillow, was part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species Survival Plan breeding program to maintain genetically diverse populations.

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The porcupette remains behind the scenes with its parents; the zoo has not yet named it or determined its sex.

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