Well, the rough differences are: porcupines are far bigger than hedgehog, up to 5 times bigger. And naturally porcupines will be far heavier too, up to 1 times heavier :-D.
They have far more and longer thorns, about 6 times the amount of the thorns on hedgehogs body, their thorn can be 2 times up to times longer.
Hedgehogs would just roll their body and make it into a ball for defense to scare others if they feel threathened, their thorns can't be detached, but porcupines's thorns can be detached from their body to attack for defense.
So they can definitely hurt you, but hedgehog on the other hand won't hurt you :).
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Oh! Thanks so much for providing me the detailed information on their difference. This is very useful and interesting information and it's new for me. At first, I think they are the same. 😊
We cannot find these animals in nature in Thailand, we can see them in the zoo only. So, I'm quite sure I'll be safe.... 😄
Many thanks again. 😍
You're welcome :).
It's very unfortunate if we can't see hedgehog in the nature anymore, because they actually live in Asia too.
They love visiting garden, especially if the garden has plenty bushes/shrubs.
Porcupines are more unlikely to be seen in the neighbourhood of humans. But we can still see hedgehogs in our garden at night here. They are indeed very cute little animals :), but rather shy so I haven't managed to hold them in my hand :-D. They have already run and hidden before I came close enough to them.
However I have once made some pictures, but using the zoom mode of the camera :-D.
Ah! It seems that your garden welcomes various kinds of animals, insects, butterflies, etc., including this cute creature, hedgehogs. What a nice garden you have!
The hedgehogs are so cute. I love them, too. You are lucky to see them in your garden.
Thanks so much once again for sharing your experience about the hedgehogs with me. It's so sad that we can't see them in nature anymore. (I didn't know before that they live in Asia too.)