Slow motion of Valentina eating a banana. The sounds…😂 Porcupine quills are a wonder of nature! Each porcupine has approximately 30,000 of these protective miracle needles. Though a porcupine can’t shoot their quills, they still should not be messed with. The quills are hollow, which helps porcupines float in water. They are excellent swimmers. Quills will migrate 1 mm per hour when they make contact with a potential threat. If not removed, they will continue to work their way through whatever

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4.2K views · 172 reactions | Baby porcupines need exercise too! Our prehensile-tailed porcupine, who is being hand-reared by animal care staff, runs a couple of laps up and down the hallway in the Animal Wellness Campus. The baby is thriving and as you can see, its quills are coming in as well. While these porcupines are generally arboreal, they will travel on the ground to get from tree to tree as necessary because they can't jump. | The Virginia Zoo | Facebook