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AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A local North American porcupine named Forest has passed away, the Akron Zoo announced Tuesday.
The zoo said the 13-year-old animal had been sick before his death and that an animal autopsy showed he suffered from an intestinal disease.
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The zoo said Forest was considered elderly, as a median life expectancy for his species is about 7 years. But during his long-for-a-porcupine life, he brought joy to those who met him out and about as a zoo ambassador (he was not in a habitat at the zoo)…