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[[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.
[[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.
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 ==
== In the News ==


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File:Grievous Mitochondria pleasure barge.jpg|link=Grievous Mitochondria|Pika sells shares in [[Grievous Mitochondria]], will invest in new venture.
File:Grievous Mitochondria pleasure barge.jpg|link=Grievous Mitochondria|Pika sells shares in [[Grievous Mitochondria]], will invest in new venture.
File:Dinosaur studying mathematics.jpg|link=Chicxulub Chips|Pika to review algorithm for extra-crunchy [[Chicxulub Chips]].
File:Dinosaur studying mathematics.jpg|link=Chicxulub Chips|Pika to review algorithm for extra-crunchy [[Chicxulub Chips]].
File:Cone-shaped_supersonic_shockwave.svg|file=Bonaparte's Gull (nonfiction)|Diagram of [[Bonaparte's Gull (nonfiction)|Bonaparte's Gull sonic-boom weapon]]. The Pika and [[Bonaparte's Gull]] are mortal enemies, and will attack each other on sight.
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.
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== Whistling hare ==
It is also known as the "whistling hare" due to its high-pitched alarm call when diving into its burrow.
== Failed expeditions into the the burrow ==
Several expeditions have entered, and failed to return from, the Pika's burrow.
=== Tuttle Expedition ===
[[Richard Tuttle]] famously assembled the [[Tuttle Expedition]] -- 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.
[[John Brunner]] declined an invitation to join the expedition, and later wrote a book about the dreams and premonitions which led to his decision.


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
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* [[Bonaparte's Gull]]
* [[Bonaparte's Gull]]
* [[John Brunner]]
* [[John Brunner]]
* [[Richard Tuttle]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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Latest revision as of 08:01, 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

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