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Spiky/Thorny

162 objects

Find creatures and plants covered in sharp points, which help keep them safe or catch a meal!

Possessing sharp, pointed projections or spines on the body or surface.

PlantReptileMammalInsectAncientFish

Objects with this trait

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Acanthocephala terminalis
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Acanthocephala terminalis
Agarita
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Agarita
Agave Americana
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Agave Americana
Alligator Skull
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Alligator Skull
Aloe Vera
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Aloe Vera
Amanita muscaria
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Amanita muscaria
Artichoke Thistle
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Artichoke Thistle
Bear's breeches
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Bear's breeches
Black Spiny-tailed Iguana
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Black Spiny-tailed Iguana
Black-spined Pricklypear
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Black-spined Pricklypear
Blainville's Horned Lizard
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Blainville's Horned Lizard
Bluespine unicornfish
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Bluespine unicornfish
Brittle Pricklypear
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Brittle Pricklypear
Broad-winged Thistle
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Broad-winged Thistle
Brown Knapweed
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Brown Knapweed
Buckley's Yucca
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Buckley's Yucca
Bull Thistle
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Bull Thistle
Cabbage Thistle
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Cabbage Thistle
Cactus
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Cactus
Cactus Wren
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Cactus Wren
Carolina horsenettle
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Carolina horsenettle
Central Bearded Dragon
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Central Bearded Dragon
Christmas Cactus
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Christmas Cactus
Christmas cholla
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Christmas cholla
Cinnamon
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Cinnamon
Clark's Spiny Lizard
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Clark's Spiny Lizard
Coast Cholla
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Coast Cholla
Coastal Pricklypear
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Coastal Pricklypear
Cobwebby Thistle
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Cobwebby Thistle
Cockleburs
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Cockleburs
Coendou
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Coendou
Crested Porcupine
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Crested Porcupine
Crown of Thorns
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Crown of Thorns
Cumin
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Cumin
Desert Spiny Lizard
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Desert Spiny Lizard
Devil's Club
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Devil's Club
Devil's Thorn
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Devil's Thorn
Devilshead
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Devilshead
Diplolepis spinosa
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Diplolepis spinosa
Dwarf Nettle
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Dwarf Nettle
Early Thorn
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Early Thorn
Eastern Pricklypear
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Eastern Pricklypear
Echinopsis Cactus
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Echinopsis Cactus
Emperor Moth
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Emperor Moth
Erethizon
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Erethizon
European Hedgehog
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European Hedgehog
Field Eryngo
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Field Eryngo
Firespike
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Firespike
Fossilized Shark Tooth
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Fossilized Shark Tooth
Galápagos Marine Iguana
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Galápagos Marine Iguana
Granite Spiny Lizard
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Granite Spiny Lizard
Great Plains yucca
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Great Plains yucca
Greater Short-horned Lizard
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Greater Short-horned Lizard
Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus
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Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus
Hedgehogs
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Hedgehogs
Hercules' club
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Hercules' club
Horned Lizard
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Horned Lizard
Indian Crested Porcupine
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Indian Crested Porcupine
Japanese barberry
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Japanese barberry
Lanceleaf Greenbrier
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Lanceleaf Greenbrier
Lobster
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Lobster
Macartney's rose
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Macartney's rose
Marsh Thistle
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Marsh Thistle
Mediterranean Spiny Stink Bug
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Mediterranean Spiny Stink Bug
Milkweed Assassin Bug
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Milkweed Assassin Bug
Missouri Gooseberry
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Missouri Gooseberry
Moroccan Spiny-tailed Lizard
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Moroccan Spiny-tailed Lizard
North African Spiny-tailed Lizard
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North African Spiny-tailed Lizard
North American Porcupine
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North American Porcupine
North American Wheel Bug
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North American Wheel Bug
Northern White-breasted Hedgehog
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Northern White-breasted Hedgehog
Oneseed Bur Cucumber
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Oneseed Bur Cucumber
Ornate Mastigure
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Ornate Mastigure
Peninsular fishhook cactus
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Peninsular fishhook cactus
Pine Cone
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Pine Cone
Prickly Pear Cactus
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Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly Pears
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Prickly Pears
Prickly Russian Thistle
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Prickly Russian Thistle
Pufferfish
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Pufferfish
Queen Anne's thistle
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Queen Anne's thistle
Red Hot Poker Aloe
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Red Hot Poker Aloe
Regal Horned Lizard
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Regal Horned Lizard
Rough Bindweed
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Rough Bindweed
Sacred Datura
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Sacred Datura
Saguaro Cactus
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Saguaro Cactus
San Diego Barrel Cactus
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San Diego Barrel Cactus
Sea Urchin
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Sea Urchin
Shaw's Agave
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Shaw's Agave
Silk floss tree
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Silk floss tree
Southeastern Pricklypear
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Southeastern Pricklypear
Southwestern Fence Lizard
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Southwestern Fence Lizard
Spined Woodborer
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Spined Woodborer
Spiny Asparagus
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Spiny Asparagus
Spiny Baskettail
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Spiny Baskettail
Spiny Broom
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Spiny Broom
Spiny Goldenweed
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Spiny Goldenweed
Spiny Leaf Insect
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Spiny Leaf Insect
Spiny Lizards
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Spiny Lizards
Spiny Puffball
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Spiny Puffball
Spiny Softshell Turtle
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Spiny Softshell Turtle
Spiny Toad
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Spiny Toad
Spiny restharrow
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Spiny restharrow
Spiny-tailed Iguana
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Spiny-tailed Iguana
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
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Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Stygimoloch
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Stygimoloch
Teddybear Cholla
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Teddybear Cholla
Texas Horned Lizard
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Texas Horned Lizard
Texas Spiny Lizard
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Texas Spiny Lizard
Texas sotol
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Texas sotol
Triangle cactus
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Triangle cactus
Trilobite Fossil
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Trilobite Fossil
Western long-beaked echidna
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Western long-beaked echidna
Woodland Hedgehogs
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Woodland Hedgehogs
Yellow Quill-tipped Porcupine
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Yellow Quill-tipped Porcupine
Yuccas
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Yuccas
agave and allies
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agave and allies
bat ray
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bat ray
bearded dragons
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bearded dragons