This Man Slapped A Wild Animal, But When He Drew Back His Hand - He'll Never Do That Again

<div><p>Antonio Rodrigues Mororó decided to take action when he found out that his pregnant wife was afraid to enter the house. </p><p>Apparently, a wild animal was sitting by the entrance and had threatened her. Mororó walked over to what he thought was an opossum and slapped it on the back. </p><p>Instead of scarring the creature, he was stabbed 400 times in the hand. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x75017.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x75017_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x75017_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x75017_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x75017_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x75017_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x70019.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x70019_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x70019_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x70019_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x70019_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1000x70019_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/por2.png" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>It turns out that the animal guarding his front door was a porcupine who didn't take too kindly to being swatted away. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Mororó was rushed to the hospital where he received three shots of anesthetic, a tetanus jab and a course of antibiotics. </p><p>Think he's learned his lesson? </p></div>