Photo by: Lars Karlsson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOne of the first things you notice about the Hedgehog is their coat of spines which they use to protect themselves from predators.\u00a0 When threatened they will often curl up in a ball leaving very few body parts unprotected.\u00a0 As well, during the day they will usually sleep while curled up before venturing out to play at night.\u00a0 Personally I prefer to sleep on my stomach cuddling my pillow but that is just me.<\/p>\n
The Hedgehog will usually give birth to a litter from one to eleven baby Hedgehogs.\u00a0 Keeping this litter alive is a difficult job for the mother even though the babies only stick around for 4 to 7 weeks before heading out on their own.\u00a0 During this time the mother must be on guard for all types of predators including male hedgehogs which will often try to eat her young.\u00a0 I guess these guys never truly got their paternal instinct.\u00a0 Even crazier is the fact that mother has also been known to eat her cute little babies if the nest has been disturbed.\u00a0 Normally, she would just move them to a new nest but strange things do happen.\u00a0 I don’t see how anything could ever harm such a cute animal.<\/p>\n
Hedgehog Fast Facts – <\/strong>If the Hedgehog is living in an area with cold climates than they will typically hibernate for the winter.\u00a0 On the other hand if they live in the harsh deserts than they will also sleep through extreme heat and drought but this process isn’t quite the same as hibernation.\u00a0 Finally the Hedgehogs hanging out in the temperate climate will remain active all year.<\/p>\nWell that is it for today’s pet.\u00a0 I hope you all enjoyed learning about Sonic and I will see you all here tomorrow for another fun and exciting Wild Fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My nieces birthday is coming up later this week and her parents just finished giving her an early birthday present.\u00a0 Believe it or not they got her a cute, little Hedgehog, although I think the parents wanted one just as much! As you may have guessed (or by reading the title) today’s post is of course about the Hedgehog. Now if you are like me than the first thing you think of is Sonic the Hedgehog which of course was a popular game for Sega. Is Sega still around? Anyway a real Hedgehog is not blue but it does have <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1120,1119,1123,4025,1122,1121],"yoast_head":"\n
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