These adorable tiny creatures are sooo cute I had to share this on my blog. The little creatures are called hedgehogs. What's a hedgehog? Beats the hedge out of me...LOL! Out of curiosity I did some research off the Internet on several sites. The following information came from Wikipedia, that I thought gave the best description of a hedgehog:
A hedgehog is any of a wide variety of small spiny mammals of the Order Insectivora found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to The Americas.
Hedgehogs are easily distinguished by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their spines are not poisonous or barbed and, unlike the quills of a porcupine, cannot easily be removed from the animal. However, spines normally come out when a hedgehog sheds baby spines and replaces them with adult spines around their first year. Under extreme stress or sickness (often both), a hedgehog will lose spines.
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