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Porcupines

Porcupines are large, spine covered rodents that like a diet high in salt. Those in the Americas sometimes choose to live in trees, even though their distant relatives in Africa, Europe, and Asia prefer more grounded lifestyles. In the Order: rodent and Class: Rodentia, they need to gnaw constantly. Typical questions relate to the porcupine's uses of its quills, survival threats, preferred foods, interactions with people and wildlife, geographic ranges, and defensive behaviors.

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What animals live in animals live in Malibu?

Animals that live in Malibu are gray foxes, coyotes and raccoons. Other animals include steelhead trout, mountain lions and badgers.

What kind of animals are kingklip?

I believe Kingklip is an eel rather than fish. Stand corrected though.

Are porcupines related to beavers?

Yes, they are both rodents.

I live in Michigan where there are many beavers and porcupines, so I have a lot of experience with these creatures. As you may already know, the two species look very similar in every way: except for the tooth shape and quills of course. In fact, on one of my encounters, I saw a porcupine and a beaver mating. It was very fascinating. At this time of my life, I was very arrogant and I never had the time or will to appreciate the similarity of two animals. And I thought probably as you did, that porcupines and beavers are very different. But now, after seeing them mate and having several scientists talk to me, I now see. Beavers and porcupines are related and don't let anyone tell you different. P.S. I thought you should know that Porcupines don't have a smell to them. There were some previous questions asking about the smell of porcupines, and being an expert on such animals i think I would know whether they had a smell to them. In fact the first thing I do to examine an animal is smell it. Thank you for your question and please, ask again.

What is a porcupine necktie?

In the Stargirl novels, a porcupine necktie is a necktie with a picture of a porcupine painted or printed on it.

Antonym for quill?

The word quill is a noun meaning feather. It does not have an antonym. Synonyms for quill are plume, down, shaft, and pinion.

Can you throw up pepto bismol?

Yes. I've taken pepto bismol once because I had slight nausea. After taking it, I had severe stomach pains, vomitting, and trouble breathing. I'm pretty sure it was some kind of allergic reaction.

If you are allergic to asprin, you probably shouldn't take pepto bismol because it contains a type of Salicylate, which some people are allergic to.

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What is the symbolism of a sparrow or small bird as an animal or spirit guide?

The bird or animal is not itself a spirit guide, rather an entity not currently incarned or a spirit if you will is capable of temporarily putting their attention into an animal or bird for the purpose of getting your attention. Many times one who has recently departed the physical existence will choose this method of saying goodbye and to say that all is well. Another example would be a dog who seemed to miraculously go to find help for an injured person. There are many stories to verify this. Another way to identify guides is guardian angels. In addition to this explanation- a bird represents suconscious thoughts in motion if it if flying. If it becomes an animal it will represent conscious habitual thinking or action without thought, just using previous information without current consideration. ANSWER The bird is not usually a spirit guide in the beginning of a trance experience but winged avian creatures are part of the transformation that occurs in the second half of a shamanic trance experience, sometimes a bat, sometimes a winged serpent, perhaps angels are the same as these images. The bird itself is usually at the top of the world tree at the summit of the flight upward. I often wonder if the shamanic trance experience was split into the different creatures of demons, angels and god roughly corresponding to spirit guides and serpents, winged avian transformed creatures, and the bird atop the world tree. So we may have an evolution of a process of images that over time gets split apart into different mythical elements, with distinct normative value judgements attached to them.

What does a coefficent tell you?

the degree of correlation between two sets of data