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A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introduction. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia and no living species native to the Americas.
Hedgehog in the Fog commemorated on a Soviet postage stamp. Hedgehog in the Fog is a 1975 animation directed by Yuriy Norshteyn about a hedgehog who travels through a very foggy wood to visit his friend, a bear. Harry Hedgehog is an enemy on Yoshi's Island. He is an enemy that runs around and extends his quills when Yoshi gets near.
The young are born deaf and blind, and with the quills located just under the skin, to prevent damage to the female during birth. The quills emerge within a few hours, and the eyes open after around 21 days. The young desert hedgehogs are weaned after about 40 days. There is thought to be a single litter each year. [citation needed]
Creatures large and small got to play with and nibble on pumpkins at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando
Other sources suggest that the Ancient Greeks may have kept hedgehogs around the home for their potential to eat beetles and other pests. [7] The Guinness World Records describe the Romans as having domesticated a relative of the Algerian hedgehog in the 4th century BCE, to use for meat and quills as well as pets. [8]
Schwartz has played Sonic, the blue, speedy hedgehog, since the original 2020 … Ben Schwartz Teases ‘Sonic 4,’ His New Comedy Special and Wanting a ‘Super Smash Bros.’ Team-Up Movie ...
The Czech hedgehog is an antitank defense that, for Americans and Russians alike, evokes images of World War II. Moscow has a monument of Czech hedgehogs to mark the farthest that Nazi soldiers ...
The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species native to Europe from Iberia and Italy northwards into Scandinavia and westwards into the British Isles. [3] It is a generally common and widely distributed species that can survive across a wide range of habitat types ...