In nature this mechanism is also seen in pill bugs and armadillos. (sciencedaily.com)
«Down a path worn into the woods, past a stream and a hollowed - out log full of pill bugs and termites, was a glass coffin... and in it slept a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives.» (bookpage.com)
Remotely related to harmless garden pill bugs, trench amphipods clean mackerel to the bones, Gerringer says. (sciencenews.org)