And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
In this case, "Stand Your Ground" might not have been the right choice
I used to be a zookeeper working with N.A. porcupines. I got my hand in the wrong place one day and had about 10 quills driven into the web of my thumb. They hurt like you wouldn't believe to pull back out--and with pliers. It felt like all the capillaries were coming out with it! The tiny backward-pointing scales on the black tips cause the quill to dig forward only into the flesh, so if the quill is not pulled out it will burrow all the way through the dog. Some quills are large and obvious, but others are tiny and barely more than the black tip. Tedious work.
It was, for the porcupine.
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ReplyDeleteOh the vet bill on this one, poor thing will have to be anesthetized to remove that many quills.
ReplyDeleteOnce the dog is asleep, is it very hard to get rid of them?
ReplyDeleteI used to be a zookeeper working with N.A. porcupines. I got my hand in the wrong place one day and had about 10 quills driven into the web of my thumb. They hurt like you wouldn't believe to pull back out--and with pliers. It felt like all the capillaries were coming out with it! The tiny backward-pointing scales on the black tips cause the quill to dig forward only into the flesh, so if the quill is not pulled out it will burrow all the way through the dog. Some quills are large and obvious, but others are tiny and barely more than the black tip. Tedious work.
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