It’s known as “Omicron.” This lovely little creature is the zebrow’s roly-poly brother. It lays a single egg, and its development is closely related to that of most other porcupines, after which it can begin to lay its fruit. But unlike other porcupines, it also might turn its left hand into its right one before a meal. (The family, thank the heavens, hardly mixes!)
A working porcupine is looking at her peeper instead of looking in the mirror—and she can probably teach you a few things, too. Here are ten truths you might not know about the porcupine. And all these facts come from science. (Science can be fun!)
It is official. It’s nothing like the porcupine eating worms.
Anyone who has eaten in the forest, or walked in a field, knows how you eat your worms. Most people eat them out of inseminated female porcupines. The weird thing about the porcupine is that, under certain circumstances, it can eat its female (and turn it into a penis).