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Deep Look: Porcupines Give You 30,000 Reasons to Back Off

4 minutes 15 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

Porcupines may be adorable, but their quills are razor-sharp, designed to impale and next to impossible to remove. But it's not all bad news. Researchers are designing new surgical staples that mimic the quill's shape to better close wounds and promote healing. Part of the "Deep Look" series.

Media Details

Runtime: 4 minutes 15 seconds

Topic: Science
Subtopic: Animals, Biology, Physiology
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2019
Producer/Distributor: PBS Digital Studios
Series: Deep Look
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A photo depicts flies on the surface of a fruit.

A honey bee sucks nectar from a flower.

Two hairy Tarantulas crawling on the ground.

Closeup of a light brown cricket camouflaged in the dirt.

Closeup on the face of a Tsetse fly with red eyes, pale body and an elongated appendage extending out from a black bulb at the bottom of its head.

Side view closeup of a hissing cockroach showing its shiny black body covered in hair-like bristles, pale abdomen, and horns.

Computer rendering of a kangaroo rat skeleton showing its arched spine and large skull.

Microscopic image of a pale white flea with a long body and tail.

Microscopic image of a cylindrical mosquito egg that's dark brown in color with hundreds of white dots that look like polka dots.

Closeup of an Indian walking stick camouflaged in twigs and leaves. It's brown with a long, thin body and legs.