Quills are attached loosely to the porcupine’s body and are released on contact with an aggressor. Usually, these miniature spears lie flat along the back, sides, and tail of the animal. In this report, we describe the injuries and management of a man who sustained injury from h indica quills.
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A single encounter with a porcupine—even a casual sniff, a curious poke with a paw—can unleash hundreds of quills, and a porcupine who has recently been in a skirmish can often be.
Porcupine quills have microscopic barbs at their tips which facilitate skin penetration, but hampering their removal.
Quills are loosely held by a porcupine's skin, and so if another creature comes into contact with a porcupine, quills detach easily from the porcupine. Porcupine quills have microscopic barbs at their tips which facilitate skin penetration, but hampering their removal. Once the spines are lodged in tissue, the. The quills can break off at.
Porcupine quill injuries are relatively common in certain regions. Once the spines are lodged in tissue, the microscopic backward. Porcupine quills have microscopic barbs at their tips which facilitate skin penetration, but hampering their removal. Not so for the victim though.
Once the spines are lodged in tissue, the microscopic backward.
