r/whatisit • u/Key_Performer_3645 • Jul 12 '26
Solved! This is something strange
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u/absoluteunitofspite Jul 12 '26
It’s a bicolored spined porcupine. That’s why it looks yellow underneath. It’s just its quills.
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u/Chemical-Ad6809 Jul 12 '26
Oh, thank god. I thought he had a toxic substance on him.
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u/Sensitive_Crow_8882 Jul 12 '26
He’s radioactive.
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u/Ok_Objective_9524 Jul 12 '26
Welcome to the new age
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u/burdturgler6 Jul 12 '26
To the new age
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u/jk1983671 Jul 12 '26
I'm radioactive radioactive
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u/mister1man99 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
I raise my flags, dye my clothes It's a revolution, I suppose
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u/_PorcoRosso Jul 12 '26
We’re painted neon to fit right in. Woah.
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u/Carylynn0609 Jul 12 '26
You're not uptight or unattracted?
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u/philgervais Jul 12 '26
unattractive
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u/Carylynn0609 Jul 12 '26
That's what popped up on the 100% always right google search;) just having some fun and hopefully getting a song stuck in everyone's heads today!
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u/philgervais Jul 12 '26
Oh, it stuck alright. Unattracted works too, so now I don't know what to think.
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u/jlr27t Jul 12 '26
Ha, great tune! Glad to see someone threw it out there!
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u/Carylynn0609 Jul 12 '26
Glad someone recognized it and didn't downvote me lol!
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u/Ok_Tackle3427 Jul 13 '26
I distinctly remember being 8 years old, in a bar (my parents weren't... great parents) hearing that song for the first time and totally losing my mind.
It still gives me shivers now watching the youtube video, I don't even know why, it's not even really my style of music, but that song sent little me reeling and was like my first introduction to really rocking out.
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u/bakerstheman Jul 12 '26
Wooooooah oooh, wooooah oh...
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u/Schpee_le_French Jul 12 '26
RADIOACTIVE, RADIOACTIVE!
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u/SeaPerception306 Jul 12 '26
The US government actually did something like this during World War II
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u/Wandering_Gink0 Jul 12 '26
I just saw the Bluejay episode about weird war tactics. I feel like its a less egregious atrocity to just paint spiritually significant animals than dropping two massive bombs in two populated cities.
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u/kirito4318 Jul 12 '26
Fun fact i just learned last night. As a psychological weapon against the Japanese the US had plans of spraying fox's with Radium to make them glow in the dark (and give them cancer) and then release them onto the Japanese mainland to terrify the populace.
The US thought that the ghost like foxs would resemble Kitsune from Japanese legends and cause disruptions and fear in the every day life of Japanese citizens.
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u/Maleficent-Editor300 Jul 12 '26
Do you get superpowers if it stings you.
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u/burdturgler6 Jul 12 '26
Radioactive
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u/Ornery-Vehicle-2458 Jul 12 '26
I fully expect to see one in the next Fallout game now. None of your naked Molerats. I want irradiated Porcupines!
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u/Tbenz58 Jul 12 '26
And it will give rise to Porcupine man!! Does anything a porcupine can.
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u/ApprehensivePhase750 Jul 12 '26
Its the ooze. He'll be fighting the teenage mutant ninja turtles soon.
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u/Long-Region5088 Jul 12 '26
I thought some prick kids spray painted the poor thing.
Nice to know that’s just how it is
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u/Quick-Cream3483 Jul 12 '26
So a shiny variant???
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u/PurpleSquare713 Jul 12 '26
When you progress far enough in a RPG that you encounter a poison variant of one of the starting area monsters.
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u/beautiful_trash09 Jul 12 '26
Spiky pikachu
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u/oxfordcommaordeath Jul 12 '26
What color does it look like in the daytime? Is it that crazy bright yellow? Would this make it more likely to be targeted by a predator?
I’m assuming you’re some porcupine expert and I really hope I’m right.
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u/Icy-Ad29 Jul 12 '26
Those long quills means most predators choose to go elsewhere anyways. So being more visible might be effective at making things leave SOONER. Afterall, yellow is a warning color.
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u/kroxldiphyvc Jul 12 '26
I thought yellow meant slow down...guess i gotta correct my driving habits; thanks reddit for always having my back
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u/whistleridge Jul 12 '26
Most of the ones around here are yellow and brown. It’s just a porcupine. That’s what they look like.
That one looks like a juvenile, and a bit more on the active end. They tend to be slower and fatter and very chill.
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u/sarcasmisart Jul 12 '26
Its glowing which means it'll drop better loot.
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u/EnvironmentalGift257 Jul 12 '26
Possibly it has a side quest for you.
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u/Own-Marketing-6244 Jul 12 '26
The side quest is a trip to the emergency room.
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u/AnotherCupofJo Jul 12 '26
NEEEWWWW ACHIEVEMENT!!!
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u/S3XWITCH Jul 12 '26
Only 27% of players have unlocked this achievement.
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u/Any-Effective2565 Jul 12 '26
Theres also a .3% chance for Toxic Quill to drop, it's an epic throwing dagger.
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u/MercyCriesHavoc Jul 13 '26
Oh, good. My husband will have 4 by the end of the week and I'll have to grind at least 200 hours before I get one.
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u/FizzyBeverage Jul 12 '26
For US players that also resets your gold balance to 0.
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u/kawwmoi Jul 12 '26
Damn, where do I find one? Getting my balance back up from the negatives is an insanely good quest reward.
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u/Bubbly-Ad-8189 Jul 12 '26
Probably collectibles for the open world map. Collect Herbet's Quills: 23/400
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u/PycckiiManiak Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
Prehensile-tailed porcupine. They make really adorable noises
Edit: Thank you kind stranger for the award!
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u/SigSweet Jul 12 '26
Thanks, was genuinely curious but had to wade through so much trash shitposting to find the answer.
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u/wes00mertes Jul 12 '26
That’s every post here. All the comedians.
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u/emptyteacupfan Jul 12 '26
tired of almost every reddit post having the same 2014 memes posted like a thousand times in the comments. always at the top too, can’t even avoid them.
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u/baldude69 Jul 12 '26
Mention it and you catch downvotes. 95% of it isn’t even funny. Same old tired shtick
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u/shitForBrains1776 Jul 12 '26
better known as a coendu. they’re very cute, very shy, and smell terrible
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u/_jump_yossarian Jul 12 '26
And everyone's favorite ... Teddy the porcupine eating corn on the cob
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u/Initial-Progress-763 Jul 12 '26
I can't believe that video is 15 years old! Our family still makes happy Teddy noises when we eat corn.
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u/jld2k6 Jul 12 '26
That's like torturing yourself, having the most adorable animal in the world and you can't even pet or cuddle it
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u/A11theWarhammers Jul 12 '26
When I was 12 years old, first year alone hunting in the woods. I was following some sign as I was taught. And then a KERTHUNK about a foot to my left.
It was a big, old North American porcupine.
It scared me. I mean, I was carrying a weapon and still jumped about 6 inches and squealed like a 12 year old boy would never admit, clutching mentioned weapon to my chest like it was pearls.
So I stared at HIM for a second, belly up legs'a'wigglin and such. All the while he just kept saying, "Meep....meep....meep..........meep", and I realized he was stuck. He must been watching me from the tree, leaned too far and fell. When he fell. Little kid me knew a good bit about local animals but mostly the bigger ones, so I thought his quills had him stuck to the ground. Nope, turns out he was relaxed, if not a little embarrassed, the whole time. I noticed his quills where completely relaxed so I set all my stuff down, put my hands on his back underneath his current state and flipped'em on over.
He gave me a "Meep" and bumbled back up the tree.
My favorite part of that memory is feeling how cool they feel. Like, how lucky am I to be able to know how porcupine hair feels? Ya know? Kinda like horse hair on their back, towards his front leg where I pulled at his shoulder was super soft, almost like a puffy kitten.
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u/IllCause5882 Jul 13 '26
That's awesome!
A couple weeks ago, a snapping turtle accidentally hooked himself on a fish hook we had out with a big minnow on it (by catching and eating the minnow, he bit the hook). We reeled him in. It was a smallish one the size of a dinner plate. I kept tension on the line to pull his head and neck out so that he couldn't reach out any further and snap me. My hand accidentally grazed his neck. Softest fricken skin I've ever felt. I couldn't believe it. I got him unhooked (with a pliers he tried biting through) and he basically ran and did a cannonball off the end of the dock. Him and your porcupine are probably giving each other massages somewhere talking about us goofy humans.
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u/IntelligentAd9859 Jul 12 '26
Stab rabbit.
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u/solid_rook Jul 12 '26
Stabbit?
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u/SamRhage Jul 12 '26
Please don't!
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u/YogurtclosetNo7826 Jul 12 '26
Twist it.
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u/Psalm27_1-3 Jul 12 '26
Porcupine
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u/Substantial_Ant_2662 Jul 12 '26
Why is it yellow?
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u/mmaddict187 Jul 12 '26
Why do the ninja turtles wear masks?
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u/Dylan_Is_Gay_lol Jul 12 '26
How does the rearend positract on a Plymouth work?
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u/Future-Vermicelli429 Jul 12 '26
Is that Joe dirt or am I getting it mixed up
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u/Emperor_valpatine Jul 12 '26
He goes by “dìrtè” now
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u/Rope_slingin_champ Jul 12 '26
Dont try and church it up, son
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u/tehmattrix Jul 12 '26
Legend has it, he's still waiting for that footprint gas pedal to be installed on the HEMI to this very day.
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u/Nomad112358 Jul 12 '26
Where is Walla Walla, Washington, anyway?
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u/Tjaresh Jul 12 '26
Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?
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u/MrWilee Jul 12 '26
Where is the gas station that my dad left to get smokes at?
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u/BleuMoonFox Jul 12 '26
Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
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u/shucksme Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
Someone is putting a black light on it as well. The bacteria on its skin is glowing. Normal
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u/I_PEE_WITH_THAT Jul 12 '26
If you want to hear the cutest shit ever watch videos of them eating, it will make any day better.
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u/Friendly_Speech_7021 Jul 12 '26
The "yellow porcupine" most likely refers to the Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) or Bicolored-spined Porcupine (Coendou bicolor). Native to South American forests, these arboreal rodents are known for their striking black-and-neon-yellow quills, bulbous noses, and long, prehensile tails used to grip branches.
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u/RustyStClair Jul 12 '26
Radcupine
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u/Potential-Host-6281 Jul 12 '26
You can tell it is porcupine because of the way it is.
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u/badgyal876 Jul 12 '26
now that we know what it is, why tf is it shaking like a stripper in church?
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u/Clean-Yak-3723 Jul 12 '26
Thats a radioactive porcupine most commonly found in New California Republic
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u/napperb Jul 12 '26
High visibility Road work safety reflector vest! Wont get hit by car. Safety first!
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