Hedgehog spotting
Edita_Brychta
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Do you like the idea of hedgehog spotting? After posting my contribution to this thread: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14345003 I thought it might make a nice thing to discuss, considering how rare it is to see a hedgehog in broad daylight.
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Edit: The last time I saw a hedgehog in the daytime was back in the '90s.
The neighbours got there hands on it. God knows what they did to the poor thing.
Apart from that I have never seen a wild hedgehog. Oh wait I think I may have seen one a couple of years back. It was 10 at night I spotted something moving out of the corner of my eye, by the time I turned my head to see it, it was gone. It was so dark as there wasn't any street lamps, so it was hard to find the hedgehog.
My mum saw a squashed Squirrel in the road once
I could never run over an animal. I don't care what the law say's I will stop to let an animal cross the road.
As someone else already said in another thread Why why why?
Are you asking why anyone would bother to save an animal that was trapped and otherwise facing a slow, nasty death?
:D No Wonkey. It wasn't about the alleged hedgehog down the drain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNa6MsJULbM
Latest estimates are that the hedgehog population has fallen from about 30 million to around 1 million so they are becoming increasingly rare.
You really shouldn't see hedgehogs in broad daylight thought. They are nocturnal animals and the advice from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society is if you see a hedgehog in daylight then there is probably something wrong and they need help. If they are carrying leaves or grass and seem to have purpose then they may be alright but if they seem lethargic or if they are unsteady on their feet you should contact the BHPS and find a local carer who can care for it.
http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/posters/Hedgehogs-in-need-of-help.pdf
http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/
It's rare because hedgehogs are nocturnal creatures. If you see a hedgehog in the daytime it is usually because it's ill or dying.
Only you could manage to get attacked by a hedgehog!
(A mad professor at my uni once got bitten by a rabid bat, in Holland. That was odd.)