Though porcupines spend most of their time on the ground, they are good climbers and swimmers. Porcupines do not shoot their quills, because they are so lightly attached to their skin when approached by a predator they easily attach. The quill will then embed further into the skin of the predator at a rate of 1 mm per hour.

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