Porcubine

The Porcupine exhibit — spelled in the listing as "Porcubine" — at this Richmond West wildlife attraction gives visitors a close look at one of the world's most recognizable defensive animals. With their impressive array of sharp quills and surprisingly deliberate, waddling gait, porcupines are both fascinating and endearing to observe at close range in a wildlife setting. North American and African porcupine species are among the largest rodents in their respective ranges, and seeing one up close in a wildlife context reveals details — the structure of the quills, the texture of their body, their methodical foraging behavior — that photographs rarely capture. A reliably popular stop for visitors of all ages.