The other night we spotted this little chap outside James' place. A 'real live' hedgehog (as opposed to 'roadkill' )...
I did a bit of reading up about them on the net...
The European Hedgehog is about 20 cm in length, nocturnal and eats slugs, earthworms, beetles and other insects, and sometimes frogs, small rodents, young birds and birds' eggs. Urghh!
Talk about pest control! Apparently a single hedgehog can keep an average garden free of pests by eating up to 200 grams of insects each night. Therefore, it is common throughout the United Kingdom to see people attempting to lure hedgehogs into their gardens with treats and hedgehog-sized holes in their fences. Some people even keep them as pets.
... consider yourself now educated about hedgehogs.
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