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North American porcupine
The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as the Canadian porcupine or common porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. The beaver is the only rodent in North America that is larger than the North American Porcupine. The porcupine is a caviomorph rodent whose ancestors rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to Brazil over 30 million years ago, and then migrated to North America during the Great American Interchange after the Isthmus of Panama rose 3 million years ago.
They range from Canada, Alaska, and into northern Mexico. They are commonly found in coniferous and mixed forested areas, but have adapted to harsh environments such as shrublands, tundra, and deserts. They make their dens in hollow trees or in rocky areas.
Origin
The word "porcupine" comes from the middle or old French word porcespin, which means quill pig. Its roots derive from the Latin words porcus or pig and spina meaning thorns. Other colloquial names for the animal include quill pig. It is also referred to as the Canadian porcupine or common porcupine. The porcupine's scientific name, Erethizon dorsatum, can be loosely translated as "the animal with the irritating back". Several native American names exist, such as the Lakota name pahin meaning quill and the Chipewyan name ts'l.
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North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea.
North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 16.5% of the earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.
In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 565 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population, if nearby islands (most notably the Caribbean) are included.
North America was reached by its first human populations during the last glacial period, via crossing the Bering land bridge. The so-called Paleo-Indian period is taken to have lasted until about 10,000 years ago (the beginning of the Archaic or Meso-Indian period). The Classic stage spans roughly the 6th to 13th centuries. The Pre-Columbian era ended with the arrival of European settlers during the Age of Discovery and the Early Modern period. Present-day cultural and ethnic patterns reflect different kind of interactions between European colonists, indigenous peoples, African slaves and their descendants. European influences are strongest in the northern parts of the continent while indigenous and African influences are relatively stronger in the south. Because of the history of colonialism, most North Americans speak English, Spanish or French and societies and states commonly reflect Western traditions.
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North American (disambiguation)
North American describes any entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of Mexico, United States, and Canada together.
North American may also refer to:
Culture
Institutions
Media
See also
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North American Plate
The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America, Greenland, Cuba, the Bahamas, and parts of Iceland and the Azores. It extends eastward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and westward to the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia. The plate includes both continental and oceanic crust. The interior of the main continental landmass includes an extensive granitic core called a craton. Along most of the edges of this craton are fragments of crustal material called terranes, accreted to the craton by tectonic actions over the long span of geologic time. It is thought that much of North America west of the Rocky Mountains is composed of such terranes.
Boundaries
The southerly boundary with the Cocos Plate to the west and the Caribbean Plate to the east is a transform fault, represented by the Cayman Trench under the Caribbean Sea and the Motagua Fault through Guatemala. The parallel Septentrional and Enriquillo-Plantain Garden faults, which run through the island of Hispaniola and bound the Gonâve Microplate, are also a part of the boundary. The rest of the southerly margin which extends east to the Mid Atlantic Ridge and marks the boundary between the North American Plate and the South American Plate remains poorly understood and undefined.
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Porcupines Give You 30,000 Reasons to Back Off | Deep Look
Porcupines may be adorable, but their quills are razor-sharp, designed to impale and next to impossible to remove. But it's not all bad news. Researchers are designing new surgical staples that mimic the quill's shape to better close wounds and promote healing. Check out PBS Sound Field! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMLMyKPomE6kTTL9Kv8Iww Meet Seth Samuel, Deep Look Composer! https://www.patreon.com/posts/25828498 SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small. The quills of North American porcupines have microscopic backward-facing barbs on the tips. Those barbs make the quills slide in easy but very diffic...
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Meet the North American Porcupine
You may know CT DEEP Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator Gerri Griswold as The Bat Lady but did you know she also moonlights as The Porcupine Lady? Meet the world’s third largest rodent, an unreleasable Quill Pig named The New One, in snippets of this one hour program which addresses the natural history of one of Connecticut’s most under-appreciated mammals! Thank you Mattnad for your wonderful porcupine photograph used as a thumbnail!
published: 28 Jan 2017 -
North American Porcupine noises
Peanut was a female porcupine. She was more vocal than the male. She makes adorable noises!
published: 05 Apr 2018 -
Creature Feature: North American Porcupines
Director of Wildlife Resources Harvey Webster hosts "Creature Feature," a web series about the Museum's wild residents. Subscribe to our channel to get the latest Cleveland Museum of Natural History videos. Read more about North American Porcupines at cmnh.org/blog
published: 07 Apr 2015 -
Oscar the North American Porcupine
Spotted at Northern Passage: Oscar the North American porcupine has occasionally been traveling from Main Valley to the former bald eagle habitat for enrichment until he has a permanent home on exhibit. It's been great to watch him exploring, snacking, and showing off his training skills!
published: 14 Jan 2022 -
Porcupines All You Need To know
Anthony and Thistle the Porcupine show you some fun facts! *****Corrections: It turns out the North American Porcupine is more closely related to guinea pigs more than anything else. Nocturnal: sleeping during the day!! (The fun with making a video in 1 take is sometimes you have a brain fart!)
published: 16 Aug 2018 -
The Secret Life Of Porcupines (Wildlife Documentary) | Wild America | Real Wild
One of the few creatures that can afford to turn its back on an enemy, the Porcupine has approximately 30,000 good reasons for doing so. Barbed quills on back and tail insure that it has few enemies in the first place, so this large Rodent confidently goes about its business at an extremely relaxed pace. Click here for more documentaries: http://bit.ly/2gSPaf6 The Secret Life Of Porcupines (Wildlife Documentary) | Wild America | Real Wild Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/realwildschannel Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realwildchannel/ Content licensed by Monarch to Little Dot Studios. Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com #RealWild #Documentary #PricklyPorcupines
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North American Porcupine #shorts #porcupine
North American Porcupine! #shorts #animalshorts #shortstrending #cuteanimals
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Kenny meets a porcupine at the Akron Zoo
Kenny learns about Forest, a porcupine at the Akron Zoo.
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YIKES! Quilled by a Porcupine!
Please SUBSCRIBE NOW! http://bit.ly/BWchannel Watch More - http://bit.ly/BTgatorsnapper Coyote Peterson is no stranger to pain but can anything really prepare him for being quilled by North America’s most notorious spike covered mammal? Well you’re about to find out! In this educational episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote will muster up the courage to show you exactly what to do if you or your pet ever get “spiked” by a porcupine; and it may surprise you to learn that there’s actually a very simple trick when removing the quills that can save you some serious agony. If you thought we put you on the edge of your seat before, get ready for this encounter...it's nail, or should we say…“quill” biting! Breaking Trail leaves the map behind and follows adventurer and animal enthusiast Coyot...
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Porcupines Give You 30,000 Reasons to Back Off | Deep Look
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Porcupines may be adorable, but their quills are razor-sharp, designed to impale and next to impossible to remove. But it's not all bad news. Researchers are de...
Porcupines may be adorable, but their quills are razor-sharp, designed to impale and next to impossible to remove. But it's not all bad news. Researchers are designing new surgical staples that mimic the quill's shape to better close wounds and promote healing.
Check out PBS Sound Field!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMLMyKPomE6kTTL9Kv8Iww
Meet Seth Samuel, Deep Look Composer!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/25828498
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DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small.
The quills of North American porcupines have microscopic backward-facing barbs on the tips. Those barbs make the quills slide in easy but very difficult to remove.
Researchers at Harvard are looking to porcupine quills for inspiration in designing a new type of surgical staple that would also use tiny barbs to keep itself lodged into the patient’s skin. This helps because traditional staples curve in under the skin to keep the staple in place. This creates more damage and can provide a place for bacteria to infect the wound.
--- How do porcupines defend themselves?
If threatened, a porcupine will bristle, raising its quills. The quills are densest in an area on the porcupine's back called the rosette. The quills are coated in a grease secreted by the porcupine’s skin. When the porcupine exposes its quills it releases a musky odor unique to porcupines that serves as a warning.
The porcupine turns so that it’s head faces away from the attacker and chatters its teeth to make an audible warning. If that’s not enough, he porcupine will use its muscular tail, covered in quills, to slap their attacker if they get too close.
--- Do porcupines shoot their quills?
Porcupines do not shoot their quills out. That’s a myth. Porcupine quills are held by their skin in a way that makes them difficult to fall out unless pushed in first, usually by contact with an attacker. The tail moves so quickly that it can appear that it is shooting the quills out.
---+ Read the entire article on KQED Science:
https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2019/04/09/porcupines-give-you-30,000-reasons-to-back-off/
---+ For more information:
Professor Uldis Roze studies North American porcupines at Queens College at the City University of New York:
http://biology.qc.cuny.edu/people/faculty/dr-uldis-roze/
Dr. Jeff Karp is developing a new type of surgical staple inspired by the barbs on North American porcupine quills.
http://www.karplab.net/portfolio-item/porcupine-inspired-needles
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Take Two Leeches and Call Me in the Morning | Deep Look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-0SFWPLaII&list;=PLdKlciEDdCQBpNSC7BIONruffF_ab4cqK&index;=19
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https://wn.com/Porcupines_Give_You_30,000_Reasons_To_Back_Off_|_Deep_Look
Porcupines may be adorable, but their quills are razor-sharp, designed to impale and next to impossible to remove. But it's not all bad news. Researchers are designing new surgical staples that mimic the quill's shape to better close wounds and promote healing.
Check out PBS Sound Field!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMLMyKPomE6kTTL9Kv8Iww
Meet Seth Samuel, Deep Look Composer!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/25828498
SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt
DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small.
The quills of North American porcupines have microscopic backward-facing barbs on the tips. Those barbs make the quills slide in easy but very difficult to remove.
Researchers at Harvard are looking to porcupine quills for inspiration in designing a new type of surgical staple that would also use tiny barbs to keep itself lodged into the patient’s skin. This helps because traditional staples curve in under the skin to keep the staple in place. This creates more damage and can provide a place for bacteria to infect the wound.
--- How do porcupines defend themselves?
If threatened, a porcupine will bristle, raising its quills. The quills are densest in an area on the porcupine's back called the rosette. The quills are coated in a grease secreted by the porcupine’s skin. When the porcupine exposes its quills it releases a musky odor unique to porcupines that serves as a warning.
The porcupine turns so that it’s head faces away from the attacker and chatters its teeth to make an audible warning. If that’s not enough, he porcupine will use its muscular tail, covered in quills, to slap their attacker if they get too close.
--- Do porcupines shoot their quills?
Porcupines do not shoot their quills out. That’s a myth. Porcupine quills are held by their skin in a way that makes them difficult to fall out unless pushed in first, usually by contact with an attacker. The tail moves so quickly that it can appear that it is shooting the quills out.
---+ Read the entire article on KQED Science:
https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2019/04/09/porcupines-give-you-30,000-reasons-to-back-off/
---+ For more information:
Professor Uldis Roze studies North American porcupines at Queens College at the City University of New York:
http://biology.qc.cuny.edu/people/faculty/dr-uldis-roze/
Dr. Jeff Karp is developing a new type of surgical staple inspired by the barbs on North American porcupine quills.
http://www.karplab.net/portfolio-item/porcupine-inspired-needles
---+ More Great Deep Look episodes:
How Lice Turn Your Hair Into Their Jungle Gym | Deep Look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb26BBvAAWU&list;=PLdKlciEDdCQBpNSC7BIONruffF_ab4cqK&index;=47
Take Two Leeches and Call Me in the Morning | Deep Look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-0SFWPLaII&list;=PLdKlciEDdCQBpNSC7BIONruffF_ab4cqK&index;=19
---+ Shoutout!
Congratulations to 🏆Snowcube94, Marley Kang, Mr Spooks, David Bouslov, and NonEuclideanDreams🏆, who were the first to correctly ID the muscle (arrector pili) and a scientific name for the phenomenon known as goose bumps (piloerection, horripilation, or cutis anserina), over at the Deep Look Community Tab:
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Meet the North American Porcupine
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- Uploaded Date: 28 Jan 2017
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You may know CT DEEP Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator Gerri Griswold as The Bat Lady but did you know she also moonlights as The Porcupine Lady? Meet the world’s...
You may know CT DEEP Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator Gerri Griswold as The Bat Lady but did you know she also moonlights as The Porcupine Lady? Meet the world’s third largest rodent, an unreleasable Quill Pig named The New One, in snippets of this one hour program which addresses the natural history of one of Connecticut’s most under-appreciated mammals! Thank you Mattnad for your wonderful porcupine photograph used as a thumbnail!
https://wn.com/Meet_The_North_American_Porcupine
You may know CT DEEP Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator Gerri Griswold as The Bat Lady but did you know she also moonlights as The Porcupine Lady? Meet the world’s third largest rodent, an unreleasable Quill Pig named The New One, in snippets of this one hour program which addresses the natural history of one of Connecticut’s most under-appreciated mammals! Thank you Mattnad for your wonderful porcupine photograph used as a thumbnail!
- published: 28 Jan 2017
- views: 3050
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North American Porcupine noises
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- Duration: 0:16
- Uploaded Date: 05 Apr 2018
- views: 109641
Peanut was a female porcupine. She was more vocal than the male. She makes adorable noises!
Peanut was a female porcupine. She was more vocal than the male. She makes adorable noises!
https://wn.com/North_American_Porcupine_Noises
Peanut was a female porcupine. She was more vocal than the male. She makes adorable noises!
- published: 05 Apr 2018
- views: 109641
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Creature Feature: North American Porcupines
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- Duration: 3:42
- Uploaded Date: 07 Apr 2015
- views: 11878
Director of Wildlife Resources Harvey Webster hosts "Creature Feature," a web series about the Museum's wild residents. Subscribe to our channel to get the late...
Director of Wildlife Resources Harvey Webster hosts "Creature Feature," a web series about the Museum's wild residents. Subscribe to our channel to get the latest Cleveland Museum of Natural History videos. Read more about North American Porcupines at cmnh.org/blog
https://wn.com/Creature_Feature_North_American_Porcupines
Director of Wildlife Resources Harvey Webster hosts "Creature Feature," a web series about the Museum's wild residents. Subscribe to our channel to get the latest Cleveland Museum of Natural History videos. Read more about North American Porcupines at cmnh.org/blog
- published: 07 Apr 2015
- views: 11878
0:58
Oscar the North American Porcupine
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- Uploaded Date: 14 Jan 2022
- views: 2828
Spotted at Northern Passage: Oscar the North American porcupine has occasionally been traveling from Main Valley to the former bald eagle habitat for enrichment...
Spotted at Northern Passage: Oscar the North American porcupine has occasionally been traveling from Main Valley to the former bald eagle habitat for enrichment until he has a permanent home on exhibit. It's been great to watch him exploring, snacking, and showing off his training skills!
https://wn.com/Oscar_The_North_American_Porcupine
Spotted at Northern Passage: Oscar the North American porcupine has occasionally been traveling from Main Valley to the former bald eagle habitat for enrichment until he has a permanent home on exhibit. It's been great to watch him exploring, snacking, and showing off his training skills!
- published: 14 Jan 2022
- views: 2828
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Porcupines All You Need To know
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- Duration: 4:19
- Uploaded Date: 16 Aug 2018
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Anthony and Thistle the Porcupine show you some fun facts!
*****Corrections: It turns out the North American Porcupine is more closely related to guinea pigs mo...
Anthony and Thistle the Porcupine show you some fun facts!
*****Corrections: It turns out the North American Porcupine is more closely related to guinea pigs more than anything else.
Nocturnal: sleeping during the day!!
(The fun with making a video in 1 take is sometimes you have a brain fart!)
https://wn.com/Porcupines_All_You_Need_To_Know
Anthony and Thistle the Porcupine show you some fun facts!
*****Corrections: It turns out the North American Porcupine is more closely related to guinea pigs more than anything else.
Nocturnal: sleeping during the day!!
(The fun with making a video in 1 take is sometimes you have a brain fart!)
- published: 16 Aug 2018
- views: 83883
27:50
The Secret Life Of Porcupines (Wildlife Documentary) | Wild America | Real Wild
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- Duration: 27:50
- Uploaded Date: 15 May 2021
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One of the few creatures that can afford to turn its back on an enemy, the Porcupine has approximately 30,000 good reasons for doing so. Barbed quills on back a...
One of the few creatures that can afford to turn its back on an enemy, the Porcupine has approximately 30,000 good reasons for doing so. Barbed quills on back and tail insure that it has few enemies in the first place, so this large Rodent confidently goes about its business at an extremely relaxed pace.
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One of the few creatures that can afford to turn its back on an enemy, the Porcupine has approximately 30,000 good reasons for doing so. Barbed quills on back and tail insure that it has few enemies in the first place, so this large Rodent confidently goes about its business at an extremely relaxed pace.
Click here for more documentaries: http://bit.ly/2gSPaf6
The Secret Life Of Porcupines (Wildlife Documentary) | Wild America | Real Wild
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#RealWild #Documentary #PricklyPorcupines
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North American Porcupine #shorts #porcupine
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North American Porcupine! #shorts #animalshorts #shortstrending #cuteanimals
North American Porcupine! #shorts #animalshorts #shortstrending #cuteanimals
https://wn.com/North_American_Porcupine_Shorts_Porcupine
North American Porcupine! #shorts #animalshorts #shortstrending #cuteanimals
- published: 27 May 2022
- views: 2554
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Kenny meets a porcupine at the Akron Zoo
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Kenny learns about Forest, a porcupine at the Akron Zoo.
Kenny learns about Forest, a porcupine at the Akron Zoo.
https://wn.com/Kenny_Meets_A_Porcupine_At_The_Akron_Zoo
Kenny learns about Forest, a porcupine at the Akron Zoo.
- published: 06 Jan 2025
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YIKES! Quilled by a Porcupine!
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- Uploaded Date: 30 Dec 2014
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Coyote Peterson is no stranger to pain but can anything really prepare ...
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Coyote Peterson is no stranger to pain but can anything really prepare him for being quilled by North America’s most notorious spike covered mammal? Well you’re about to find out! In this educational episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote will muster up the courage to show you exactly what to do if you or your pet ever get “spiked” by a porcupine; and it may surprise you to learn that there’s actually a very simple trick when removing the quills that can save you some serious agony.
If you thought we put you on the edge of your seat before, get ready for this encounter...it's nail, or should we say…“quill” biting!
Breaking Trail leaves the map behind and follows adventurer and animal enthusiast Coyote Peterson and his crew as they explore a variety of wildlife in the most amazing environments throughout North America!
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Coyote Peterson is no stranger to pain but can anything really prepare him for being quilled by North America’s most notorious spike covered mammal? Well you’re about to find out! In this educational episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote will muster up the courage to show you exactly what to do if you or your pet ever get “spiked” by a porcupine; and it may surprise you to learn that there’s actually a very simple trick when removing the quills that can save you some serious agony.
If you thought we put you on the edge of your seat before, get ready for this encounter...it's nail, or should we say…“quill” biting!
Breaking Trail leaves the map behind and follows adventurer and animal enthusiast Coyote Peterson and his crew as they explore a variety of wildlife in the most amazing environments throughout North America!
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Porcupines Give You 30,000 Reasons to Back Off | Deep Look
Porcupines may be adorable, but their quills are razor-sharp, designed to impale and next ...
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Porcupines Give You 30,000 Reasons to Back Off | Deep Look
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Porcupines may be adorable, but their quills are razor-sharp, designed to impale and next to impossible to remove. But it's not all bad news. Researchers are designing new surgical staples that mimic the quill's shape to better close wounds and promote healing.
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The quills of North American porcupines have microscopic backward-facing barbs on the tips. Those barbs make the quills slide in easy but very difficult to remove.
Researchers at Harvard are looking to porcupine quills for inspiration in designing a new type of surgical staple that would also use tiny barbs to keep itself lodged into the patient’s skin. This helps because traditional staples curve in under the skin to keep the staple in place. This creates more damage and can provide a place for bacteria to infect the wound.
--- How do porcupines defend themselves?
If threatened, a porcupine will bristle, raising its quills. The quills are densest in an area on the porcupine's back called the rosette. The quills are coated in a grease secreted by the porcupine’s skin. When the porcupine exposes its quills it releases a musky odor unique to porcupines that serves as a warning.
The porcupine turns so that it’s head faces away from the attacker and chatters its teeth to make an audible warning. If that’s not enough, he porcupine will use its muscular tail, covered in quills, to slap their attacker if they get too close.
--- Do porcupines shoot their quills?
Porcupines do not shoot their quills out. That’s a myth. Porcupine quills are held by their skin in a way that makes them difficult to fall out unless pushed in first, usually by contact with an attacker. The tail moves so quickly that it can appear that it is shooting the quills out.
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Meet the North American Porcupine
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Meet the North American Porcupine
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You may know CT DEEP Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator Gerri Griswold as The Bat Lady but did you know she also moonlights as The Porcupine Lady? Meet the world’s third largest rodent, an unreleasable Quill Pig named The New One, in snippets of this one hour program which addresses the natural history of one of Connecticut’s most under-appreciated mammals! Thank you Mattnad for your wonderful porcupine photograph used as a thumbnail!
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North American Porcupine noises
Peanut was a female porcupine. She was more vocal than the male. She makes adorable no...
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Peanut was a female porcupine. She was more vocal than the male. She makes adorable noises!
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Creature Feature: North American Porcupines
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Creature Feature: North American Porcupines
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Director of Wildlife Resources Harvey Webster hosts "Creature Feature," a web series about the Museum's wild residents. Subscribe to our channel to get the latest Cleveland Museum of Natural History videos. Read more about North American Porcupines at cmnh.org/blog
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Oscar the North American Porcupine
Spotted at Northern Passage: Oscar the North American porcupine has occasionally been trav...
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Spotted at Northern Passage: Oscar the North American porcupine has occasionally been traveling from Main Valley to the former bald eagle habitat for enrichment until he has a permanent home on exhibit. It's been great to watch him exploring, snacking, and showing off his training skills!
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Porcupines All You Need To know
Anthony and Thistle the Porcupine show you some fun facts!
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Anthony and Thistle the Porcupine show you some fun facts!
*****Corrections: It turns out the North American Porcupine is more closely related to guinea pigs more than anything else.
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The Secret Life Of Porcupines (Wildlife Documentary) | Wild America | Real Wild
One of the few creatures that can afford to turn its back on an enemy, the Porcupine has a...
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One of the few creatures that can afford to turn its back on an enemy, the Porcupine has approximately 30,000 good reasons for doing so. Barbed quills on back and tail insure that it has few enemies in the first place, so this large Rodent confidently goes about its business at an extremely relaxed pace.
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North American Porcupine #shorts #porcupine
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Kenny meets a porcupine at the Akron Zoo
Kenny learns about Forest, a porcupine at the Akron Zoo.
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YIKES! Quilled by a Porcupine!
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Coyote Peterson is no stranger to pain but can anything really prepare him for being quilled by North America’s most notorious spike covered mammal? Well you’re about to find out! In this educational episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote will muster up the courage to show you exactly what to do if you or your pet ever get “spiked” by a porcupine; and it may surprise you to learn that there’s actually a very simple trick when removing the quills that can save you some serious agony.
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North American porcupine
The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as the Canadian porcupine or common porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. The beaver is the only rodent in North America that is larger than the North American Porcupine. The porcupine is a caviomorph rodent whose ancestors rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to Brazil over 30 million years ago, and then migrated to North America during the Great American Interchange after the Isthmus of Panama rose 3 million years ago.
They range from Canada, Alaska, and into northern Mexico. They are commonly found in coniferous and mixed forested areas, but have adapted to harsh environments such as shrublands, tundra, and deserts. They make their dens in hollow trees or in rocky areas.
Origin
The word "porcupine" comes from the middle or old French word porcespin, which means quill pig. Its roots derive from the Latin words porcus or pig and spina meaning thorns. Other colloquial names for the animal include quill pig. It is also referred to as the Canadian porcupine or common porcupine. The porcupine's scientific name, Erethizon dorsatum, can be loosely translated as "the animal with the irritating back". Several native American names exist, such as the Lakota name pahin meaning quill and the Chipewyan name ts'l.
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by: No Triggernot american, barely north american. ten thousand years of history (but hey, who's counting anyway?) dissolved and forgotten in just over five hundred. hold on man, let me check my notes. two continents chock full of people can be destroyed and gone unnoticed? are you kidding me? survival should be based on fairness, not fitness. and just remember that as three hundred million sing 'this land is your land' we scream 'basta ya'. this country is still wet to the touch, saturated with greed conquest and blood⦠conveniently stuffed under the rug. this may be overdue: fuck you. a different time? well that can't replace the countless cultures that have been erased. established in 1492, i'm not american.
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