“I can do the splits. I have a funky haircut, and I smell like basement. -Weird Barbie While porcupines spend most of the time on the ground, they are good climbers and regularly climb trees in search of food and occasionally even build nests in trees. They are also good at swimming and offering sage advice. Can they do the splits? Gonna go with…maybe? No. It’s a no. Can you? The porcupine's most famous feature—the quill—is hollow, 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7 centimeters) in length, and lightly attached to the porcupine's skin. Porcupines are covered in about 30,000 quills. Porcupines are more likely to flee predators, but if cornered, it will erect its quills, turn its back to the attacker and lash its barbed tail. If that’s not kenough, one of the porcupine’s other self-defenses is their pungent smell. Pardon? Oh, pardon. The smell is often compared to a block of very stinky cheese. The porcupine can emit the odor to let predators know they are serious about defending themselves. Ima...