Rubes by Leigh Rubin for December 06, 2023

Poor baby!

Maybe he could get a job in a balloon factory

Pricks. :-)

Petting zoos are pointless.

Is that a porcupine or hedgehog? Because if it’s a hedgehog, then they can be petted

How about belly rubs?

Awwww, so disappointing…

No worries lil bud. Stay sharp

You’d be a little prickly to pet.

Westville?! NJ?

Try down the road at the Westville Poking Zoo.

It’s all fun and games till someone gets an eye poked out!!

They got right to the point.

Where there’s a quill there’s a way.

Hi lil porcupine, I’ll pet you! With the grain of course.

Now that is downright profiling.

The workers in admissions are such sticklers.

You can pet a porcupine. My best friend raised one – it was much more intelligent than I ever would have guessed. It would sit up on its hind legs and make little grunting noises, wanting its belly rubbed.