"STAND TALL" - North American Porcupine
"STAND TALL"
North American Porcupine
Looking into what senses porcupines possess (acute sense of smell, poor eyesight), it appears that porcupines are the only native North American mammal with antibiotics in its skin. These antibiotics prevent infection when a porcupine falls from a tree and lands on its own quills. (Believe this happens more often than one would think as it tries to reach for food, etc.) Stand tall, porcupine and don't fall!
Porcupine"STAND TALL"
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