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The '''Pika''' (/ˈpaɪkə/ py-kə; archaically spelled ''Pica'') is a small [[mammal (nonfiction)]], with short limbs, very round body, rounded ears, and no external tail.
[[File:Pika-in-lair.jpg|thumb|The Pika in its lair.]]The '''Pika''' (/ˈpaɪkə/ py-kə; archaically spelled ''Pica'') is a small mammal, with short limbs, very round body, rounded ears, and no external tail.


== Whistling hare ==
It is also known as the "whistling hare" due to its high-pitched alarm call when diving into its burrow, which is believed to be a transdimensional portal.


It is also known as the "whistling hare" due to its high-pitched alarm call when diving into its burrow.
Several expeditions have entered, and failed to return from, the Pika's burrow.


== Failed expeditions into the the burrow ==
== In the News ==


Several expeditions have famously entered, and failed to return from, the Pika's burrow.
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File:Grievous Mitochondria pleasure barge.jpg|link=Grievous Mitochondria|Pika sells shares in [[Grievous Mitochondria]], will invest in new venture.
[[Richard Tuttle]] assembled a crack team of post-Cubists and early Abstract Expressionists, paying them handsomely to "Seek the Pik", as he put it.  The expedition descended in high hopes, but no one returned to tell the tale.
File:Dinosaur studying mathematics.jpg|link=Chicxulub Chips|Pika to review algorithm for extra-crunchy [[Chicxulub Chips]].
 
File:Cone-shaped_supersonic_shockwave.svg|link=Bonaparte's Gull|The Pika and [[Bonaparte's Gull]] are mortal enemies, and will attack each other on sight.  This diagram shows [[Bonaparte's Gull]] on a strafing run.
[[John Brunner]] declined an invitation to join the [[Tuttle Expedition]], and later wrote a book about the dreams and premonitions which led to his decision.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Bonaparte's Gull]]
* [[John Brunner]]
* [[John Brunner]]
* [[Richard Tuttle]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Pika]]
* [[Pika (nonfiction)]]
 
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[[Category:Animals]]

Latest revision as of 09:01, 20 May 2018

The Pika in its lair.

The Pika (/ˈpaɪkə/ py-kə; archaically spelled Pica) is a small mammal, with short limbs, very round body, rounded ears, and no external tail.

It is also known as the "whistling hare" due to its high-pitched alarm call when diving into its burrow, which is believed to be a transdimensional portal.

Several expeditions have entered, and failed to return from, the Pika's burrow.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference