Diane Ackerman

For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops in China or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies, balled up like giant pine cones.

American Poet

Charlotte Rampling

I remember my father saying to me once, 'I finally know how to describe you, Charlotte. You're prickly.' And he was right - prickly is a very good description. If I had to be an animal, I'd probably be a porcupine.

French Actress

Meriwether Lewis

The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare.

American Explorer

Steven Wilson

Porcupine Tree is a band, and it's not up to me where the band goes - it's between the manager, our agent, and the band as a whole.

English Musician

Helen Fisher

We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine.

American Scientist

Nikita Khrushchev

If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you.

Russian Statesman

Jonathan Dimbleby

I don't love the media. I'm part of it, but you can't love a porcupine.

British Writer

Used to talk about wildlife, can signify a wilderness experience or nature topic.

Animal Context

Mentioning a porcupine often suggests self-defense, as they use quills protectively.

Defensive Behavior

Sometimes symbolizes a 'prickly' person, hard to approach or deal with.

Metaphorical Usage

 Yeah, I think it looks a bit like a porcupine. It does, yeah. But there's no kind of, it's not happened by chance. That has it? It's done that on purpose. It's evolved to look like that because often animals which are seemingly harmless, will evolve to look like animals, which are seemingly not so harmless and it's example of Batesian mimicry. So they're mimicking animals that

The Killer Rat with...

 In this way, elephants have told us how to treat stomach upset, and porcupines have told people how to treat bloody diarrhea. What I think is important, though, is to move beyond these large-brained mammals and give these guys more credit, these simple animals, these insects that we tend to think of as very, very simple with tiny little brains.

Jaap de Roode: How...

 interesting how one thing leads to the next out here so off in the case I'll head out thinking that I'm looking for one thing but along the way I find something else can't be too choosy and I really like eating porcupines so I'm real happy even though I didn't find any caribou today that's where it goes keeps life interesting time to get back

Hunting Porcupine PIPE Life...

 filaments of the protein keratin that grow out of organs known as follicles, which go through cycles of growth and shedding. Across mammalian species, hairs have been modified for numerous purposes, ranging from the soft fluff covering rabbits to the rigid quills protecting porcupines.

Why do we have hair in...

 Plateau from the saddle up and even better a well-earned sense of accomplishment but then what might be the best part of the whole ride you finished on one of the world's best single tracks the porcupine rim trail which brings you into Moab at long last

250 Miles of Adventure PIPE...

 Even today, the mistletoe inspires wonder with the diversity of wildlife it supports. More than just a parasite, it's also known as a keystone species. It's eaten by a diversity of animals, including deer, elk, squirrels, chipmunks, porcupines,

Why do we kiss under...

 smart to fool around with this small piece those quills may be modified hairs but they are needle-sharp strong and there are plenty of them but the adults know is that porcupine needles can actually pierce the flesh of life and

Porcupine vs. Lions PIPE...

 porcupine everybody has to decide how they want to live where they want to get their food it's just the way I choose to do it because I enjoy it I enjoy living out here enjoy the lifestyle feel more

Tastes a Little "Sprucy"...

 these balls of sebum the oil that causes pimples and here is a tumor and the tuber kind of looks like a porcupine because the nuclei are densely packed and various pointy shapes so after that

Shifting the visual...

 quills may be modified hairs but they are needle-sharp strong and there are plenty of them what the adults know is that porcupine needles can actually pierce the flesh of life and these