Sentences with phrase «of porcupine quills»

Raqib Shaw discusses working in silence, the perks of porcupine quills, and how his native Kashmir inspired his love of detail

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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.

Unlike needles, however, the quills of porcupines have microscopic, backwards - facing barbs on the tip that catch on the skin making them difficult and painful to extract.

In the quest to develop better ways of sealing wounds, scientists have created adhesives inspired by porcupine quills, mussels and slugs.

From antique porcupine quill boxes to classic blue and white pottery, the combination of these traditional accessories with the more glamorous, modern finishes make for a compelling design.

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.

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.

Melissa Scheffler of KWCH - TV, Wichita, interviews Dr. Gary Stamps for «Wichita Vet Removes 200 Quills from Boxer Pup» after Tatum had an unfortunate encounter with a porcupine in the Goddard area.

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

Each student has used a unique combination of different media, including manipulated metals with found objects and uncommon stones; porcupine quills and metal; plastics and recycled medical devices; ceramics, hair, and silver; and taxidermy eyes and metals to fully realize their thesis project.

His collage and video works are hallucinations of sorts, incorporating shamanistic elements such as feathers, beads, and porcupine quills onto more traditional paper works such as gouache and ink.

Additional images and information on Circle of Protection (Porcupine Quills) can be seen in the «Sculpture / Installation» section, here.

Quills perked up, eyes the golden color of a tiger's eye gem, and there I stood, five feet away, whisper yelling to the Universe, «it's a porcupine!»

The newly discovered critters include a new species of night monkey, a new kind of common shrew oppossum, and the «enigmatic porcupine,» with quills much longer than other porcupines.

We may know porcupines for their impressive array of quills — armed with some 30,000 of the well - engineered spears, these big lumbering rodents can be formidable.

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