Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Cougars, when hungry, will sometimes tackle a porcupine for a meal, and always with the result of sticking the mucous membrane of the mouth full of quills, from the wounds of which death is almost sure to ensue. When I was with an expedition in the Big Horn mountains, a fine mountain lion was found dead; upon examination it was soon ascertained that it has been the victim of an experience of this kind.                                                                                                                                    – American Forestry Magazine