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}} {{update\|sa3\|sa4}} {{spoilers\|tsm}} '''Whitespines''' are dangerous [[Wikipedia: crustacean\|crustacean]]s that live on [[Roshar]]. {{image\|Whitespine.jpeg\|side=left\|height=500px}} {{for\|/Gallery\|more images}} The eponymous spine is a row of spikes that runs from the head along the back of a whitespine. They are as large as horses, with a carapaced back, powerful legs, and a reptilian appearance.{{book ref\|sa1\|31}}{{book ref\|sa2\|55}} They have long white tusks that are used for impalement which can break off and remain lodged in their prey, causing severe damage.{{book ref\|sa1\|41}} Whitespines have claws, including a set of vestigial claws behind their primary legs,{{book ref\|sa1\|45}}{{wob ref\|13255}} and they smell quite unpleasant, especially when wet.{{book ref\|sa1\|22}} They also have a nose of some sort that allows them to sniff and sneeze.{{book ref\|sa1\|31}}{{book ref\|sa1\|22}} They are able to enter a dormant state, most likely to hibernate, during which they appear to become coated in a thick, hard crystal-like substance that takes time to accumulate. Water washes away the crystal coating in its early stages of forming, which would make it difficult for a whitespine to undergo this metamorphosis during a [[highstorm]].{{book ref\|sa2\|55}} Whitespines have claws, including a set of vestigial claws behind their primary legs,{{book ref\|sa1\|45}}{{wob ref\|13255}} and they smell quite unpleasant, especially when wet.{{book ref\|sa1\|22}} They also have a nose of some sort that allows them to sniff and sneeze.{{book ref\|sa1\|31}}{{book ref\|sa1\|22}} They are able to enter a dormant state, most likely to hibernate, during which they appear to become coated in a thick, hard crystal-like substance that takes time to accumulate. Water washes away the crystal coating in its early stages of forming, which would make it difficult for a whitespine to undergo this metamorphosis during a [[highstorm]].{{book ref\|sa2\|55}} == Ecology == Whitespines live in packs in dens{{book ref\|sa1\|31}} that are often strewn with the bones of the creatures they have killed.{{book ref\|sa1\|11}} Sometimes they will live near roadways to pick off travelers as prey.{{book ref\|sa1\|31}} They hide near the carcass of their recent kill after consuming its meat, then hunt the scavengers that are attracted to the carcass.{{book ref\|sa3\|22}} Whitespines are native to [[Alethkar]]{{book ref\|sa1\|41}} and possibly other areas. They are "nastier" than [[chasmfiend]]s.{{wob ref\|2940}} Whitespines sometimes hunt hogs which are known to frantically flee in terror.{{book ref\|tsm\|2}} == History == \|The interior bristled with spears. Like the proverbial whitespine’s den. \|{{book ref\|sa3\|83}} }} {{quote \|scattered like hogs before a white spine \|{{book ref\|tsm\|2}} }}