Baby Porcupette Named After Animal Kingdom Cast Member

Baby Porcupette Named After Animal Kingdom Cast Member The DIS Porcupette-11

One of the newest residents of Conservation Station at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, a prehensile-tailed porcupine, finally has a name. The porcupette born back in February was named Shelley, after one of the Cast Members that help take care of mom Peri during her pregnancy.



Veterinary Operations Manager, whose training enabled her to perform essential prenatal ultrasounds, was recently surprised with the news.



Currently Shelly…the porcupette, not the Cast Member…weighs over two pounds, which is triple her birth weight.

Baby Porcupette Named After Animal Kingdom Cast Member The DIS Porcupette-08

Source: Disney Parks Blog

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Tom is the former host/producer of the Disneyland Edition podcast and is currently the co-host of the Connecting With Walt podcast, plus is also providing Disneyland content from the parks. He enjoys traveling with friends and spending time with family, including his son and grandson. In his spare time he volunteers with Scouts BSA and Cub Scouts, and helped found his son's former Cub Scout Pack. His favorite Disneyland attraction is Space Mountain.


























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