Dr. Tim Bean

But to get truly quilled, it happened a few times to my students. I never got one really deeply embedded in my skin.

But to get truly quilled, it happened a few times to my students. I never got one really deeply embedded in my skin.

But to get truly quilled, it happened a few times to my students. I never got one really deeply embedded in my skin.

Um, all kinds. That's a really interesting question. I think the stereotype of wildlife ecologists is generally people who would rather be around animals than other people. And so I guess that goes sort of doubly for people who want to be around a quilled animal, but yeah, all that, you know, it's, it's a mix of undergraduates and master's students and they've all been just incredible.

Um, all kinds. That's a really interesting question. I think the stereotype of wildlife ecologists is generally people who would rather be around animals than other people. And so I guess that goes sort of doubly for people who want to be around a quilled animal, but yeah, all that, you know, it's, it's a mix of undergraduates and master's students and they've all been just incredible.

Um, all kinds. That's a really interesting question. I think the stereotype of wildlife ecologists is generally people who would rather be around animals than other people. And so I guess that goes sort of doubly for people who want to be around a quilled animal, but yeah, all that, you know, it's, it's a mix of undergraduates and master's students and they've all been just incredible.

I mean, like so excited to work with the species and so curious and the porcupines we were studying just seemed to elicit this like really incredible curiosity about the species and the place they were living.

I mean, like so excited to work with the species and so curious and the porcupines we were studying just seemed to elicit this like really incredible curiosity about the species and the place they were living.

I mean, like so excited to work with the species and so curious and the porcupines we were studying just seemed to elicit this like really incredible curiosity about the species and the place they were living.

You know, I would go and visit and go up like during the summers when we were doing the research and they would be back at the field house and like, they would just not stop talking about porcupines. It was like, they're making dinner. Like, let's talk about this porcupine we saw today. Like after dinner, like let's think about this other thing that we haven't talked about.

You know, I would go and visit and go up like during the summers when we were doing the research and they would be back at the field house and like, they would just not stop talking about porcupines. It was like, they're making dinner. Like, let's talk about this porcupine we saw today. Like after dinner, like let's think about this other thing that we haven't talked about.

You know, I would go and visit and go up like during the summers when we were doing the research and they would be back at the field house and like, they would just not stop talking about porcupines. It was like, they're making dinner. Like, let's talk about this porcupine we saw today. Like after dinner, like let's think about this other thing that we haven't talked about.

I was like, you guys need to take a break from thinking about porcupines.

I was like, you guys need to take a break from thinking about porcupines.

I was like, you guys need to take a break from thinking about porcupines.

That was like, to follow up on that, that also, for me, when I was like 20, I was camping with my sister and some friends on the Appalachian Trail. We were sleeping in this lean-to. And all night, there was this bizarre sound coming from underneath the lean-to. Nobody slept. We were afraid to look to see what it was. And we just could not figure out what it was.

That was like, to follow up on that, that also, for me, when I was like 20, I was camping with my sister and some friends on the Appalachian Trail. We were sleeping in this lean-to. And all night, there was this bizarre sound coming from underneath the lean-to. Nobody slept. We were afraid to look to see what it was. And we just could not figure out what it was.

That was like, to follow up on that, that also, for me, when I was like 20, I was camping with my sister and some friends on the Appalachian Trail. We were sleeping in this lean-to. And all night, there was this bizarre sound coming from underneath the lean-to. Nobody slept. We were afraid to look to see what it was. And we just could not figure out what it was.

And then like years later, she called me and she was like, I was just watching this nature documentary and it was porcupines having sex. That's the noise that we heard all night long.

And then like years later, she called me and she was like, I was just watching this nature documentary and it was porcupines having sex. That's the noise that we heard all night long.