Indian crested porcupine: facts, danger and how to survive it
A slow night forager with long banded quills. It rattles them as a warning, then runs backwards into whatever threatens it. The quills cause deep, bleeding wounds.
About the real animal
The Indian crested porcupine is the largest rodent in India. Its back is covered with long black-and-white banded quills, up to about thirty centimetres, and it has a crest of bristles on the nape. It spends the day in a burrow and forages at night for roots, tubers, fruit and bark. When it is threatened it stamps its feet, rattles its hollow tail quills as a warning, raises all its spines and finally runs backwards into the attacker. The quills come out easily and are barbed.
In the game
A slow night forager. If you come close it rattles its quills as a warning and then runs backwards into you, causing deep, bleeding wounds. Do not corner it and do not melee it. Use the bow from a distance, or leave it alone.
Quick facts
| Found in | mixed woodland, pine forest, meadows |
|---|---|
| Active | at night |
| Eats | plants |
| Temper | timid: it runs when it senses you |
| Strength | 22 health |
| Speed | walks at 0.9 m/s, runs at 4.4 m/s (you walk at 4 m/s and sprint at 7.5 m/s) |
| Attack | about 8 damage a hit, reach 1.35 m |
| Yields | 2 to 3 meat, 1 hide |
What to do
Do not corner it, and do not melee it. Use the bow, or leave it be.
More from this group
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- 🐆CougarA silent ambush hunter.
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- 🐻BearBig, strong and usually calm.
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- 🧸Bear cubA small bear that stays near its mother.
- 🐍King cobraLies coiled with its hood spread when it is still, hisses as a warning and strikes if you step too close; it uncoils and glides away when it sets off.
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