I want to pet the hell out of it But I prefer my hands without holes GIF

Yeah I couldn't work with one of these. As soon as it started to stumble my instinct was to try and catch it

Oooooh, poor thing. It wants warmth and companionship but everyone fears it's thorns. I want to put on a leather apron and hug it.

the secret to affection for this id assume would be to put your hand on its head from the side, lacing your fingers through the pokeys from the middle of them and giving it nice head scritches/pats/rubby like that

Chin scratches! Belly rubs!