Porcupine parents offers kid with Z-class security against leopards

• Porcupines are seen crossing the road with “their baby” as a leopard comes near in a video.
• Adult porcupines protect the infant by keeping it between them.
• Large cat circles around them and tries to attack, but his attempts are futile.

Porcupine parents offers kid with Z-class security against leopards. In some cases, parents strongly defend their children. When a youngster is under danger, they may endanger their own lives.

A video of a leopard and porcupine meeting that depicts parents’ protectiveness has gone viral on the Internet.

Porcupines are seen crossing the road with “their baby” as a leopard comes near in a video tweeted by IAS officer Supriya Sahuthe on Friday. The adult porcupines protect the infant by keeping it between them. The large cat circles around them and tries to attack, but his attempts are futile.

One of the porcupines screams angrily at the leopard, thwarting the predator’s attempt. The prickly quills kept the leopard from approaching the baby.

Porcupine parents provide Z class security to their baby from a leopard,fighting valiantly & thwarting all attempts of the leopard to even touch their baby. Most incredible ❤️ By the way a baby porcupine is called ‘porcupette’. Video- unknown shared on SM pic.twitter.com/wUdVb3RTs7

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— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) January 20, 2023

While sharing the video, the officer wrote, “Porcupine parents provide Z class security to their baby from a leopard, fighting valiantly & thwarting all attempts of the leopard to even touch their baby,”

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“Most incredible. By the way, a baby porcupine is called ‘porcupette’,” she added.

On Twitter, the video has received over 3 lakh views. The intense safety and protectiveness of porcupines drew the attention of netizens, with several people questioning what happened next.

The viewers are intrigued by the encounter and expressed their amazement in the comments section. The comments section is replete with words like “amazing” and ” brilliant”. “Wow Amazing share!!the unknown eternal force going to the extremes saving their baby, said one user, while another user wrote, “The video ends. But going by the tenacity of the leopard he has not given up and he would have ultimately succeeded in pulling away his target.”