Sentences with phrase «like porcupine quills»

Many pieces are cast from organic items with a build - up wax technique (learn more about the process here), which allows Mary Frances to create beautifully detailed jewelry from otherwise overlooked items in nature like porcupine quills and birch bark.

Not exact matches

A wolf becomes a Fenrir - like giant with porcupine quills and the abilities of a squirrel glider.

Trying to remove religion from politics is like trying to remove the quills off of a porcupine.

It causes them to grow to an enormous size, act out aggressively and take on the genetic qualities of other animals, like rapid cell regeneration, or exploding porcupine quills, or, you know, flying.

Jurassic World was probably the worst offender in this regard with its endless «we used THIS reptile's DNA which is why the blah - blah - saur can do THAT» exposition, but for a movie like this, all we really need to know is that good animals took some sort of crazy serum and now they're big and angry; the script's four authors, including Carlton Cuse (Lost, The Strain), devotes way more energy than they — or we — need trying to explain why a 500 - pound albino gorilla doubles in size overnight, and why later, a wolf develops porcupine - like quills and «wings» like a 200 - foot - long flying squirrel.

Take your child on a trip through the forest that asks questions like «Why do porcupines have quills and why do hummingbirds hum?»

The practice of shaving dates back to the Stone Age, when things like shark's teeth, porcupine quills and flint knives were commonly used to remove excess hair.

Porcupine Brush — This type of dog brush has a combination of long quill - like bristles with shorter bristles.

Building a career in that sort of environment is like, as Churchill said, «munching a porcupine, quill by quill.»