Some rodents, like spiny mice and porcupines, have special sharp hairs called "quills" that help protect them from danger. Each porcupine has tens of thousnads of quills, making them some of the best-armored mammals ever.
Porcupines don´t purposely shoot quills off their bodies, the quills are so ligthly attached to the porcupines body that they immediately adhere to any predator that touches them. Ouch!
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