Dr. Tim Bean

beautiful i think and widespread and people dyed them like all kinds of incredible colors like european colonizers would write about like they're using colors that we can't access like yellows and purples and reds and blacks and just really incredible weaving of the quills together and into other materials like

beautiful i think and widespread and people dyed them like all kinds of incredible colors like european colonizers would write about like they're using colors that we can't access like yellows and purples and reds and blacks and just really incredible weaving of the quills together and into other materials like

deerskin and leather rawhide for decoration on all kinds of clothing and bags and stuff like that the bristles on the tail were used for hair combs and brushes and then there's a couple of papers that claimed that in sugar maple country people would modify the quills to tap the maple syrup

deerskin and leather rawhide for decoration on all kinds of clothing and bags and stuff like that the bristles on the tail were used for hair combs and brushes and then there's a couple of papers that claimed that in sugar maple country people would modify the quills to tap the maple syrup

deerskin and leather rawhide for decoration on all kinds of clothing and bags and stuff like that the bristles on the tail were used for hair combs and brushes and then there's a couple of papers that claimed that in sugar maple country people would modify the quills to tap the maple syrup

That they shoot their quills. That's number one. Yeah, so they don't shoot quills. Yeah, no porcupines shoot their quills. You have to be pretty aggressive to get quilled.

That they shoot their quills. That's number one. Yeah, so they don't shoot quills. Yeah, no porcupines shoot their quills. You have to be pretty aggressive to get quilled.

That they shoot their quills. That's number one. Yeah, so they don't shoot quills. Yeah, no porcupines shoot their quills. You have to be pretty aggressive to get quilled.

And then number two, I guess I would say, is the confusion over hedgehogs versus porcupines. Yeah, so hedgehogs are not even rodents, and so it totally evolved independently. And same physical structure, they're also keratinized, but yeah, totally different species.

And then number two, I guess I would say, is the confusion over hedgehogs versus porcupines. Yeah, so hedgehogs are not even rodents, and so it totally evolved independently. And same physical structure, they're also keratinized, but yeah, totally different species.

And then number two, I guess I would say, is the confusion over hedgehogs versus porcupines. Yeah, so hedgehogs are not even rodents, and so it totally evolved independently. And same physical structure, they're also keratinized, but yeah, totally different species.

Yeah, exactly. And then that creates this sort of chisel shape that they use to scrape bark off. And they're continually growing. And just on the incisors, right, the front of the big incisors in the front are, yeah, orange.

Yeah, exactly. And then that creates this sort of chisel shape that they use to scrape bark off. And they're continually growing. And just on the incisors, right, the front of the big incisors in the front are, yeah, orange.

Yeah, exactly. And then that creates this sort of chisel shape that they use to scrape bark off. And they're continually growing. And just on the incisors, right, the front of the big incisors in the front are, yeah, orange.

There's no quills on them. They've got the fur, their bellies. So yeah.

There's no quills on them. They've got the fur, their bellies. So yeah.

There's no quills on them. They've got the fur, their bellies. So yeah.

The worst part of the job, honestly, is I won't give you my bummer answer. The worst part of the job is like when an animal dies, that's absolutely like the few times I've thought about quitting and doing something else is like, you know, I mean, and not just with porcupines, but animals in general.

The worst part of the job, honestly, is I won't give you my bummer answer. The worst part of the job is like when an animal dies, that's absolutely like the few times I've thought about quitting and doing something else is like, you know, I mean, and not just with porcupines, but animals in general.

The worst part of the job, honestly, is I won't give you my bummer answer. The worst part of the job is like when an animal dies, that's absolutely like the few times I've thought about quitting and doing something else is like, you know, I mean, and not just with porcupines, but animals in general.