Talk about a prickly situation: A leopard in South Africa’s Kruger National Park recently got more than it bargained for when it went after an African crested porcupine.

The footage, filmed in December 2016, shows two porcupines running from something by the side of the road—what turns out to be a leopard. One of the porcupines then spins and charges the big cat with its sharply quilled hindquarters.

The porcupine dashes away from its companion, and the leopard gives chase—leading to a tense standoff that ends in the porcupine ducking into a manmade hole.

The leopard managed to gash one of the porcupine’s legs, according to the couple who filmed the scene. However, the predator quickly moved on