Similar to a hedgehog porcupine also called porcupine, is a nocturnal animal, hiding in the cave during the day, night out of action. When they met the enemy, the thorns all erected as hard as steel, mouth hiss sound warning, their spines containing barbs, will rely on the power of the back will shoot out, once inserted into the animal skin is very difficult to pull out, wound infection will be subject to serious injury. Usually the animal knows his powerful, rarely to provoke them.
Africans often take their spines as decorations in South Africa often sold everywhere visible porcupine spines, so they also feel particularly cordial to see