This is the amusing moment an agile porcupine is seen descending a tree with ease in New York. Footage captured by Bill Combs Jr. shows the large rodent effortlessly climbing down the tree trunk.

Porcupines are natives of South America. They live off leaves, tree bark and pine nuts in the wild. An adult animal is about 50 cm long (20 inches,) not counting the tail, and weighs from 4.5 to ...