German news agency dpa quoted police as saying the exact circumstances of their disappearance were <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/finance/investigations" target="_blank">still being investigated</a>, but there was no way the porcupines could have escaped on their own.

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<div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/343/192/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE-1.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/686/384/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE-1.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/672/378/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE-1.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/1344/756/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE-1.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/931/523/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE-1.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/1862/1046/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE-1.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/720/405/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE-1.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/1440/810/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE-1.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/640/320/DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE-1.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="One of the porcupines that went missing&nbsp;over the weekend has returned to the zoo, the other is still missing." width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>One of the porcupines that went missing&nbsp;over the weekend has returned to the zoo, the other is still missing.</span> </p></div></div>

Police also expressed hope that Pinky might be found soon, after a hiker reported seeing the animal about 6 miles from the zoo.

The porcupines are named after the characters in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/genres/animated" target="_blank">popular cartoon series</a> in which two lab mice try to take over the world, with little success.

One of the two missing porcupines that disappeared from a German zoo has made its way home. Police said the porcupines could not have escaped on their own.

Missing porcupine that disappeared from German zoo finds its way back home

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