Hedgehog

We came across this little cutie just walking around outside (as they do). The vids a bit long but I can't edit it on the iPhone. Worth watching until the end cos it rolls into a little ball. very cute

A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to North America; those in New Zealand are introduced. 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. The name 'hedgehog' came into use around the year 1450, derived from the Middle English 'heyghoge', from hedge, because it frequents hedgerows, and hog, from its piglike snout

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