Surprising Facts - Hedgehogs

[shyvas]

Some surprising facts about hedgehogs

These must be one of the most sweetest species around. I'm so sad to see the high number that get run over by cars. Recently, I have seen a few per week lying on the roadside.

I wonder why they don't sense the danger and just stay in the bushes ?

 

[Mischief]

The concept of motor vehicles and the speed at which they travel is a totally alien one to most nonhuman animals. Even most members of domesticated species don't grasp it.

I'm sure that there are species out there in the universe that would be totally gobsmacked by humans' inability to see the danger in X, Y and Z. ( I can't give examples of X, Y or Z because I'm human and therefore not capable of identifying them.)

 

[Andy_T]

I think they are totally adorable!!!

 

[Mischief]

I think they are totally adorable!!!

God, yes.

 

[Moll Flanders]

Look at this poor hedgehog. Balloon syndrome hedgehog found 'blown up like a beach ball' | London Evening Standard He was suffering from balloon syndrome and had swollen to twice his size. I hope the RSPCA caught him in time to treat him and he can recover.

I haven't seen a hedgehog in real life in years.

 

[shyvas]

I see quite a few of them on a weekly basis and they are all dead, run over by cars.