Porcupines have no defence against the quill trade – letting nature back in

The ability of porcupines to survive in areas proximate to farmlands and suburbia is a double-edged sword for them, because their initial success results in their ongoing persecution by humans. Porcupines come into conflict with us humans when they eat or damage crops and garden plants, damage fences and/or burrow under fences, chew on irrigation…

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A prickly personality: Porcupine quills are a wonder of defensive evolution

When a porcupine is relaxed, (just like in this video) their quills rest smoothly along the length of their body but if threatened their muscles will

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Porcupine continually deflects a hungry leopard with its razor sharp quills in tense standoff

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Crested porcupine in a defensive pose raising and spreading its quills to defend her child Stock Photo - Alamy

Porcupine - info and games