Potato Greg “PG

Potato Greg…

• Was born here at our zoo in 2018 to parents Stanley and Miss PrissStella (who have since moved on to a bigger zoo)

• PG stands for Potato Greg

• Favorite foods include: yucca, sweet potato, broccoli, corn on the cob, and spaghetti squash

• Loves to dig holes and move things around his exhibit

• Follows his keeper during morning chores

• Enjoys belly rubs 

• Likes to nibble on boots

• PG is scale trained and target trained

• Porcupines cannot shoot their quills; rather, they forcefully back into their potential predators

• Wild porcupines travel 9 miles each night in search of food

• Live about 20 years

• Weigh 25-70 lbs, largest porcupine in the world

• Longest quills are 12-13 inches long and are NOT hollow

• Will collect and chew bones to keep their teeth trimmed (teeth keep growing throughout their lives)

• Considered a pest animal in Africa because they destroy cultivated crops

• Typically live in hilly, rocky habitats of North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and even Italy