HEDGEHOG
Hedgehogs have changed little over the last 15 million years. Like many of the first mammals they have adapted to a nocturnal, insectivorous way of life. Hedgehogs occasionally perform a ritual called anointing. When the animal comes across a new scent, it will lick and bite the source and then form a scented froth in its mouth and paste it on its spines with its tongue. It is not known what the specific purpose of this ritual is, but some experts believe anointing camouflages the hedgehog with the new scent of the area and provides a possible poison or source of infection to any predator that gets poked by their spines. Anointing is sometimes also called anting because of a similar behavior in birds.
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Jacqueline Gwynne
How strange! Is this real?
Urban Umbra
Cool hat ;))
velveteagle
This is amazing.. Great capture..
invisible
very cute and cool shot !
Leena Hedman
What a precious baby! =)
Anibal
These are so cute…I love em cute picture
Pamela B
Excellent!
Di Jenkins
Wonderful little creature and great capture!
Melissa Kirkham
Very adorable
dimsim
awwww! innit cute!?
Sarah Moore
That has to be the CUTEST creature I have ever seen – it’s gorgeous!!
Krys Bailey
How cute is this! Love it!
SD Smart
Wow – Amazing creatures…..
Robyn Carter
lol gorgeous
Houndstooth St...
Amazing close up shot of this cute creature! Thanks for sharing! I have never before seen a hedgehog up so close, and a baby one at that! Awesome!
CharlotteEve
very very cute! x really lovely pic :)
Sharon Davey
WOW GREAT shot and capture and Thankyou for sharing this interesting information about them, this little guy is so cute WONDERFUL WORK!!!!!!!
Morgan MacLaren
Where are it’s eyes?
madworld
This is wicked, we have hedgehogs here and I love them, they eat the slugs out of the vege gardens, have you heard them when they mate? Noisiest things Ive EVER heard!
SheriS
Awww..love it!
SheriS
Heather Mitche...
precious babies!
Bart Hellemans
owwww :)
Tracey Hampton
oh wow waht a capture