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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. | 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. | Several expeditions have entered, and failed to return from, the Pika's burrow. | ||
[[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. | [[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. | ||
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[[John Brunner]] declined an invitation to join the expedition, and later wrote a book about the dreams and premonitions which led to his decision. | [[John Brunner]] declined an invitation to join the expedition, and later wrote a book about the dreams and premonitions which led to his decision. | ||
== 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: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. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
Revision as of 19:57, 22 June 2016
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.
Several expeditions have entered, and failed to return from, the Pika's burrow.
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.
In the News
Pika sells shares in Grievous Mitochondria, will invest in new venture.
Pika to review algorithm for extra-crunchy Chicxulub Chips.
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.