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19:08 GMT, 6 August 2012

Bella Mae, a three-year-old bulldog from Oklahoma, learned a lesson she probably won't
forget after she tangled with a porcupine and was left with 500 quills stuck in her face.

Veterinarians in Norman undertook emergency surgery on her to remove the prickly spines from
her head and her feet.

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Some of the quills are still inside her body, veterinarians believe, though she is now recovering
from the attack.

Jerry and Allison Noles told KWTV the bulldog was playing with their other pets near their pond
on July 29, when they encountered an ambling porcupine.

The bristly rodents are typically nocturnal, slow and passive.

The Noleses believe the porcupine visited their pond to drink because water is becoming scarce
in Oklahoma.

They think Bella Mae got a little too close for comfort and provoked the animal's ire -- prompting
the prickly attack.

Doctors at the Animal Emergency Center worked on the operating table to dig the quills out of
the bulldog's face, neck, legs and chest.



The lucky pooch was not hit in the eyes.

Veterinarian Leonardo Baez told KWTV he has never seen such a horrific porcupine attack against
a pet before.

Bella May remains on antibiotics because of the quills remain embedded in her skin, where
veterinarians could not dig them out.