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==In popular culture== The porcupine fish (as ''Diodon antennatus'') is mentioned in [[Charles Darwin]]'s famous account of his trip around the world, ''[[The Voyage of the Beagle]]''. He noted how the fish can swim quite well when inflated, though the altered buoyancy requires them to do so upside down. Darwin also mentioned hearing a fellow naturalist, Dr. Allen of [[Forres]], had "frequently found a ''Diodon'', floating alive and distended, in the stomach of the shark; and that on several occasions he has known it eat its way, not only through the coats of the stomach, but through the sides of the monster".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Darwin |first1=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yURHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA14 |title=Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World: Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy |date=1845 |publisher=J. Murray |page=14}}</ref>
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