Talk:Porcupinefish
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pufferfish "The 'porcupine', also called blowfish, swellfish, globefish, balloonfish and headgehog are named for their ability to inflate themselves to two sometimes three times their normal size. Within inflating themselves large spikes shoot off of there scales. They do this by swallowing water when it is approched by a enemy. Or if the fish is taken out of water it well suck in air to inflate.; the same adaptation is found in the closely related pufferfish, which have small, almost sandpaper-like spikes."
http://biomechanics.bio.uci.edu/_html/nh_biomech/pufferfish/puffer.htm "When alarmed, some toads and snakes puff themselves up impressively. Hedgehogs, porcupines, and some Old World salamanders sport protective spines. But only the spiny puffer (Diodon holocanthus) combines inflation and pointy spikes in one spectacular defense mechanism."
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Need a pic of one of these as a ball. --John Moser (talk) 03:38, 6 December 2008 (UTC) ^ yes i agree.Bold text'Italic text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.84.211.5 (talk) 04:01, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
My son and I discovered what seems to be a porcupine fish or puffer fish washed ashore on the beach yesterday in Delaware Bay. It was about 8 inches long, whitish but a little darker on top, maybe 5 inches "tall" and 4 inches wide with short spines (about a half inch) all over surrounded by circles. I was under the impression that these things were tropical only but I saw what I saw. Rick Mc Callister 216.228.136.48 (talk) 02:07, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
This article absolutely needs an image of the fish when fully puffed up. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 21:20, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
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any other orgs/business out there using the subject as a mascot? Is this unsourced material relevent to this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Correctionpatrol4 (talk • contribs) 04:55, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
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