--- description: Paraplegic porcupine gets a wheelchair in Sao Paulo, Brazil. title: Paraplegic Porcupine Gets Wheelchair Made from Plumbing Pipes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hot Wheels! Paraplegic Porcupine Gets Wheelchair Made from Plumbing Pipes  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 7, 2014 2:43 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 7, 2014 2:43 PM CUT A wheelchair made out of plumbing pipes is giving a paraplegic porcupine in Brazil a new chance at life. [KTVU](http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/zookeepers-brazil-build-wheelchair-paraplegic-porc/ngZdm/?%5F%5Ffederated=1 "undefined") reports via [RuptlyTV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWtgTfDFTuE#t=26 "undefined") that the disabled animal at a Piracicaba city zoo in Sao Paulo had been rescued from a nightclub about a month ago. It was going to be put down, but then zoo workers figured out how to make the wheelchair, which reportedly only cost $5 to put together. Perhaps it won’t be long before some Internet user takes this footage and does a [Chamillionaire remix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK%5FCKtYCRIc "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2962654/hot-wheels-paraplegic-porcupine-gets-wheelchair-made-from-plumbing-pipes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2962654/hot-wheels-paraplegic-porcupine-gets-wheelchair-made-from-plumbing-pipes/"},"headline":"Hot Wheels! Paraplegic Porcupine Gets Wheelchair Made from Plumbing Pipes","datePublished":"2014-07-07T14:43:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:25.375Z","description":"Too cute","url":"https://time.com/2962654/hot-wheels-paraplegic-porcupine-gets-wheelchair-made-from-plumbing-pipes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2962654/hot-wheels-paraplegic-porcupine-gets-wheelchair-made-from-plumbing-pipes/","name":"Hot Wheels! Paraplegic Porcupine Gets Wheelchair Made from Plumbing Pipes"}}]}] ```