Adversity, shmadversity: when life gives you lemons, inflate yourself and pop out your spikes. That's the porcupinefish way. In Charles Darwin's "The Voyage of the Beagle," he mentions that a fellow naturalist sometimes found porcupinefish still alive inside the bellies of sharks. If you are naturally delicious, then sometimes the best solution is to make yourself as hard to chew as possible. (The only possible downside, according to the porcupinefish, is that swallowing that much air in your belly turns you upside-down for a while. I say, embrace the new perspective and just keep swimming.)

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05.04.18