Rare baby albino porcupine had social media guessing its identity

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Friday, July 19, 2019
Rare albino porcupine shows up at Maine train museum
An odd-looking little creature had people guessing in Kennebunkport, Maine when it showed up at a train museum.

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine -- An odd-looking little creature had people guessing in Kennebunkport, Maine when it showed up at a train museum.

Was it a cat in need of haircut or an all-white skunk?

The museum staff turned to social media, asking if anyone could identify it.

The consensus seems to be that it's an albino porcupine and that it's a baby, which would explain why the quills look fluffy and have not hardened yet.

Porcupines are common in Maine, but albino porcupines are very rare: about one in 10,000.

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