Porcupine

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{{Odyssey}}
{{Infobox main|animal
| name = Porcupine
| image = Porcupine east.png
| description = A large rodent. While slow moving, it has a cloak of sharp quills which protect it from predators.
| type = Animal
| movespeed = 3
| min comfortable temperature = -30
| max comfortable temperature = 40
| toxic resistance = 0.5
| toxic environment resistance = 0.5
| flammability = 0.7
| marketvalue = 35
| filth rate = 1
| wildness = 0.75
| combatPower = 30
| bodysize = 0.35
| healthscale = 0.4
| hungerrate = 0.15
| diet = herbivorous
| leathername = Lightleather
| manhunter = 0
| manhuntertame = 0
| trainable = none
| petness = 0
| mateMtb = 8
| gestation = 5.661
| lifespan = 8
| juvenileage = 0.1
| maturityage = 0.2222
| tradeTags = AnimalUncommon
| offspring = 1-2
| avg offspring = 1.60
| attack1dmg = 3.6
| attack1type = Scratch
| attack1cool = 1.5
| attack1part = left claw
| attack2dmg = 3.6
| attack2type = Scratch
| attack2cool = 1.5
| attack2part = right claw
| attack3dmg = 6
| attack3type = Bite
| attack3cool = 2
| attack3part = Teeth
| attack3chancefactor = 0.7
| attack4dmg = 2
| attack4type = Blunt
| attack4cool = 2
| attack4part = head
| attack4chancefactor = 0.2
| isCoastal = false
| livesin_borealforest = 0.2
| livesin_temperateforest = 0.2
| livesin_temperateswamp = 0.2
| livesin_grassland = 0.2
| page verified for version = 1.6.4518
}}
A '''porcupine''' is an [[animal]] added by the [[Odyssey DLC]].

== Acquisition ==
{{PAGENAME}}s can be found in {{Habitats}}. They can either be tamed by a [[Work #Handle|handler]] or self-tame in a random event.

{{PAGENAME}}s can be bought and sold in other [[Trade#Faction base|faction bases]] and from [[Trade#Exotic goods trader 2|exotic goods traders]]. {{PAGENAME}}s purchased from traders will be already tamed.

== Summary ==
When struck in melee, slaughtered, or when a porcupine attacks a creature, porcupines leave quills against their enemy. Attacking or slaughtering always leaves a quill in the attacker's torso, while being attacked by a porcupine leaves quills in whichever body parts were harmed. Quills cause {{++|5%}} [[pain]] each, but do not appear to have any other negative effects.{{Check Tag|Infections?}} Each body part can only receive one quill, although tiny parts like toes can each get a quill, and they can be removed through a [[Doctoring#Operations|medical procedure]].

== Analysis ==
Porcupines can be hunted safely using ranged attacks, and butchering them doesn't result in any quills.

Quills may be intentionally left in [[Masochist|masochistic]] or [[Pain (precept)|pain idealized]]{{IdeologyIcon}} pawns to improve mood, or to incapacitate [[prisoner]]s or [[entities]]{{AnomalyIcon}} that can feel pain.

=== Tamed animal ===
Porcupines make poor general tamed animals due to their high wildness, small size, and inability to be trained without a [[sentience catalyst]]. They have low HP, so they are ineffective in combat even when considering their quills. Instead, the main reason to tame a porcupine is to inflict quills onto a desired target.

=== Nutrition ===
An adult porcupine consumes {{P|Real Hunger Rate}} nutrition per day, and a female creates up to {{#expr: 1/{{P|Gestation Period Days}} round 2}} offspring per day.
* When offspring are slaughtered as babies, a female porcupine will produce {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|baby}} round 2}} nutrition of meat per day, giving an optimal nutrition efficiency of {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|baby}}/{{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 3}}.
* If the offspring are allowed to grow to adulthood, they will consume an additional {{#expr:{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|adult}} - {{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 2}} nutrition per day, but will instead yield {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|adult}} round 2}} nutrition per day as they are slaughtered, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|adult}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|adult}} round 3}}.
When considering a population of equal numbers of males and females, these nutrition efficiencies fall to {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|baby|1|1}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|baby|1|1}} round 3}} for baby slaughter and {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|adult|1|1}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|adult|1|1}} round 3}} for adult slaughter. This is further reduced in practice by the [[overeating]] factor.

== Training ==
{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
{{Animal Health Table|QuadrupedAnimalWithPaws}}
{{Pawn Attack Table}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Porcupine east.png|Facing east
Porcupine north.png|Facing north
Porcupine south.png|Facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Dessicated Porcupine east.png|Desiccated facing east
File:Dessicated Porcupine north.png|Desiccated facing north
File:Dessicated Porcupine south.png|Desiccated facing south
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* In real life, porcupine quills are coated in mildly antibiotic fatty acids, which are believed to serve the purpose of protecting the porcupine from infections in the event of self-injury.

== Version history ==
* [[Odyssey DLC]] Release - Added.

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