Meet Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s cutest prickly boy, Fofo! Fofo is a 8-week-old prehensile-tailed porcupette. He is the fourth generation of prehensile-tailed porcupines born at the <a href="https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/meet-our-cute-prehensile-tailed-porcupette-fofo">Smithsonian’s National Zoo</a>, a part of a breeding program that is helping the North American population thrive.Don’t let his spiky appearance deters you, Fofo is actually calm, gentle and good-natured - befitting of his name, which is Portuguese for “cute”. He weighs about 1.5 kilograms, or 3.3 pounds, and is still growing every day.&nbsp;For those who’d like to say hello to Fofo, prehensile-tailed porcupines are nocturnal, so they are most active at night. Daytime visitors at the zoo mostly get to see Fofo sleeping on a piece of perching right next to his mama Beatrix.&nbsp;Image: Smithsonian's National Zoo#porcupette #porcupine

Fofo the Prehensile-Tailed Porcupette

This young leopard is either very hungry or very curious. His confrontation with a porcupine held up traffic for over an hour!#porcupine #leopard

The porcupine relies on his own natural defenses, and the leopard ends up with a bloody paw. Maybe he learned a lesson: just because you're at the top of the food chain doesn't mean you can eat anything you want. We hear that they both survived the incident. -via <a href="https://boingboing.net/2021/08/27/leopard-vs-porcupine-who-wins-in-this-cute-and-meandering-non-battle.html" class="on">Boing Boing&nbsp;</a>​ Video: Mariette Landman