Another look at the Porcupine. I was feeling sad for the environs of this creature- there is not a blade of grass or a spot of greenery for an animal that essentially lives in the bush. The porcupine is a herbivore. It eats leaves, herbs, twigs and green plants like clover and in the winter it may eat bark. The North American porcupine often climbs trees to find food. The African porcupine is not a climber and forages on the ground. It is mostly nocturnal but will sometimes forage for food in the day. Porcupines have become a pest in Kenya and are eaten as a delicacy. A male porcupine urinates on a female porcupine prior to mating, spraying the urine at high velocity. [(Emirates Park Zoo, Samha, Abu Dhabi, Jan. 2015)