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3 unusual facts about Porcupine


Ceanothus integerrimus

Porcupines and quail have also been observed eating the stems and seeds.

Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary

The most common mammal species of this sanctuary are – Hoolock Gibbon, slow loris, Pig-tailed Macaque, Stump-tailed Macaque, Capped Langur, Asian Elephant, Tiger, Black Panther, Leopard, Gaur, Chinese Pangolin, Himalayan Black Bear, Himalayan Squirrel, Leopard Cat, Clouded Leopard, Porcupine, Crab Eating Mongoose, Sambar, Sun bear, Binturong, Barking deer, Golden cat, marbled cat etc.

Porcupine, North Dakota

It lies only a few minutes' drive from the city of Selfridge.


Abitibi gold belt

- TSX Venture Exchange listed exploration company that runs the McKenzie Break and Destor-Porcupine Blake River projects in Quebec.

Blackfield

This line-up featured drummer Chris Maitland (drummer of Porcupine Tree from 1993 to 2002), who was replaced by Tomer Zidkyahu, for a European tour that followed in the Autumn of 2004.

Colin Edwin

He used a Music Man StingRay and after a Music Man Bongo for the Deadwing Tour, which can be viewed on Porcupine Tree's DVD release Arriving Somewhere....

Elephant grass

The East Asian Miscanthus sinensis, also known as Chinese Silver Grass, Eulalia Grass, Maiden Grass, Porcupine Grass or Zebra Grass

Endiandra

Seed dispersal of various species in the genus is also carried out by fishes and big and small mammals as Pachyderms, Bovids, monkeys, arboreal rodents, porcupines, possums ...

Hudson's Bay tokens

Before these brass tokens came into use, a Made-Beaver was represented by a stick, porcupine quill, and ivory disc, a musket ball, or anything else agreed upon by trader and trapper.

Jacques-Cartier River

One can find in the Jacques-Cartier River valley the American Black Bear, Bobcat, Common Raccoon, Gray Wolf, River Otter, Porcupine, Moose, White-tailed Deer, and Caribou; in all 23 species of mammals.

Janwillem van de Wetering

Van de Wetering was born and raised in Rotterdam, but in later years he lived in South Africa, Japan, London, Colombia, Peru, Australia, Amsterdam and most recently in Surry, Maine, the setting of two of his Grijpstra and de Gier novels and his children's series about the porcupine Hugh Pine.

John Webster

The song "My White Devil" from Echo & the Bunnymen's 1983 album Porcupine refers to Webster as "one of the best there was" and mentions his two tragic plays by name.

Lady Octopus

Lady Octopus has been hired by Walter Declun (a former member of Damage Control) to assist Absorbing Man, Hydro-Man, Killer Shrike, a Mandroid, Porcupine II, and Rock to defend him from Black Panther and the Fantastic Four after they uncovered his plot to destabilize all of Wakanda on Doctor Doom's behalf.

Penshurst

His other grandson, the Viscount De L’isle, was appointed Earl of Leicester in 1618 and it was shortly after this that The Leicester Arms, formerly known as The Porcupine, was renamed in his honour.

Porcupine Butte

It was near Porcupine Butte, on December 28, 1890 that Spotted Elks's band of Miniconjou, Lakota and members of the Hunkpapa Lakota band who joined them on their way to join Red Cloud at Pine Ridge, were intercepted by a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment.

Porcupinefish

The Porcupine Fish (as Diodon Antennatus) is mentioned in Charles Darwin's famous account of his trip around the world The Voyage of the Beagle.

Robert Graham Dunlop

In 1813, Lieutenant Dunlop, in command of HMS Porcupine, captured or destroyed a number of French craft which had run ashore near Talmont-sur-Gironde.

Selfridge Public School

Selfridge Public School District is a school district of the publicly funded school serving the towns of Selfridge, Fort Yates, Porcupine, and the surrounding rural areas.

Signify

Signify was the first Porcupine Tree album recorded as a full band unit, rather than primarily by frontman Steven Wilson with occasional assistance from other musicians, primarily the ones who would become full-time band members as of this album; Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, and Chris Maitland.

Stephen Wilson

Steven Wilson (born 1967), founder of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree

The Porcupine's Quill

Early in The Porcupine's Quill's history, Tim Inkster contacted friends he met during his time at the University of Toronto to publish their work, such as collections of poetry by Ed Carson and Brian Henderson.


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