porcupine

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What followed was a comedy of errors including military drills that outpaced anything this group of office workers had in mind, a rogue porcupine, stranded airplanes and one syringe to the butt of an employee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Rick: The hotel pretty much just got the porcupine and left.

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

A bloodied but determined honey badger pursues a Cape porcupine in Botswana.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

The porcupine quills had pierced his flesh; the work in the garden had exhausted him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman