porcupine
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He noted the peninsula had once been home to animals such as pronghorn, sea otter, North American porcupine, Humboldt marten, gray wolf, American black bear, grizzlies, northern fur seal and Steller sea lion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Uniforms that sprouts porcupine quills at the tug of a collar?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The next day I got up and went over to get in the shower and there was a porcupine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
The hollow spikes may have served as a defensive adaptation, functioning in a way similar to the quills of a porcupine by discouraging predators from attacking.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
“Two years ago. My birthday. I found a package on my front step. A porcupine necktie. I never found out who gave it to me.”
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
They lack the adorable charisma of chinchillas, porcupines, moles or rats, though.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
It is unclear whether bamboo rats or Malayan porcupines can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, the study authors wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
Raccoon dogs, masked palm civets, hoary bamboo rats and Malayan porcupines have transmitted bat coronaviruses before, the study authors noted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
Other animals identified as a potential source of the pandemic were the masked palm civet, which was also associated with the Sars outbreak in 2003, as well as hoary bamboo rats and Malayan porcupines.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
But the Terrible Things covered them with the curl of their terrible nets and the porcupines hung in them like flies in a spider's web as the Terrible Things carried them away.
From "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust" by Eve Bunting
