Assertion: porcupine | /r/CapableOf | lash its tail
Facets:
value: against chatter
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: against the ground
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: as a warning
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: When cornered, a porcupine erects its quills and lashes its tail.
text: When threatened a porcupine may also slap its tail against the ground and chatter and clack its teeth.
text: Porcupines slap their tail as a warning when they feel threatened.
text: If the threat continues, the porcupine will turn its back, raise its quills and lash with its tail.
text: A treed porcupine will survey danger with an air of unconcern, but should the enemy start to climb the tree, the porcupine will back down flicking and lashing its tail.
text: When threatened a porcupine may also slap its tail against the ground and chatter and clack its teeth.