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I have some of those quills at home. I hope they aren't deadly.

I once accidently skewered my hand with an African porcupine quill. It obviously isn't deadly but it hurt in a memorable fashion.

RS

Probably fairly deadly if one punctures a carotid artery.

Probably not the most sanitary of creatures either.

Wow, That's quite an animal!

The ones here in the Northeast are not as big but both seem slow moving beasts.

When in Scouts back in the 50's we were camping in Vermont and porkupines were common. A faun stuck her nose and mouth into one.

We came across the poor little thing and chased it and caught it. We could run back then. It's mother was hiding back bleating to it.

We pulled the quills out and put some water or milk down for it. It drank some of it and then would not leave us!

That night we put it in an empty pup tent but in the morning it was gone.

We shot the porkys with the 06's we had, .22's. I had a 357 Python, my buddy had a 44 Blackhawk. The Ruger was the better gun in every way.

They're protected here, now.

So one doesn't have to download.

So how did it spear the neck of that beast if it was still living? Or did it rub up against it already dead?

The airlines on my return trip from RSA insisted that my porcupine quills be stored in the luggage compartment with my guns as they considered them "dangerous" tools. Frankly I think they was just full of beans.....or something like that.