This is how porcupine quills work

Leopards are cunning, opportunistic feeders. But here the parents offer least opportunity and leopard knows for sure the pain of porcupine sharp quills. Via Supriya Sahu.

this reminds me of driving through a city

A very curious porcupine

The process of harvesting, washing, and dying porcupine quills for art. One of the steps to creating quillwork. The quills usually need to be washed multiple times. Quillwork is considered one of the oldest arts on Turtle Island invented by the indigenous peoples.

Rico the porcupine eating corn 🌽

Don’t touch a porcupine! The tips of each quill are incredibly sharp and able to pierce through skin more easily than an 18-gauge hypodermic needle (about the same size of the quill).

What a great through 😂😂

Rico the Porcupine eating corn

Ohh, 😮

Wow I thought they released quills when they feel threatened?