Porcupines Aren’t Animals, Right?

“I once had a brain fart and forgot that porcupines were animals. I was hanging out with my family and my niece mentioned that her favorite animal was a porcupine, and I laughed for a good long time before explaining to her that porcupines weren’t animals. I’d gotten them mixed up with pine cones.
I have a graduate degree. My niece was maybe 6 at the time. She schooled me.”
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