When threatened, a porcupine erects its quills and moves backward towards its attacker. Consequently, careless predators may end up with quills so deeply embedded that fatal wounds may develop.

At this time of the year the females are preparing to give birth in dens made in tree hollows and rocky crevices.

and the porcupine with its sharp, barbed quills. Despite the cobra's lethal bite, the porcupine's quills could cause severe damage to the snake, potentially making the porcupine the victor in such ...