Porcupine Quills

Porcupine quills

Size: 10cm - > 25cm

We have a large selection of African porcupine quills ranging in size and thickness from 6 cm to over 20 cm. The African porcupine is a large rodent found in Africa and the meat of the porcupine is considered a delicacy by locals that live off the land. Farmers consider porcupines to be pests as they destroy crops and often farmers shoot these animals to get them off their land.

Porcupines have large black and white spines on their back which protects them from predators and these quills fall out easily and are found naturally in the wild. Porcupine quills are modified hair that has a thick coat and of keratin that is the same as the human nail. If you burn a porcupine quill you get the same smell as if you are burning a human nail. Quills that do fall out will regrow and replace any quills that have fallen out.

All our quills have been obtain through legal measures have been obtain from dead porcupines or quills that have fallen out naturally. We do not kill the porcupine just for the quills.

All sizes listed are approximate. The porcupine quills you purchase and receive may differ just slightly in size, look, and/or pattern from the African porcupine quills shown in the picture because of the nature porcupine quills each one is unique.