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Hedgehogs!Tatiana E. Mercado
Ms. ConferBiology
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What are hedgehogs?
Hedgehogs are spiny mammals that can be classified into the animalia kingdom
The spines on hedgehogs are poisonous, like the ones on porcupines, however, the spines usually come out when they are babies and outgrow their baby spines.
Can usually be spotted after rainstorms
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Diet =P
Although they’re not entirely, hedgehogs can be counted as insectivores.
They usually feed on insects, small snails, frogs, and toads as well as other things such as watermelons.
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Lifespan
Lager species of hedgehogs may live between 4 and 7 years. However, smaller ones usually live between 2 and 4 (may vary in captivity)
They have a lack of predators and eat relatively healthy, which contribute to the fact that they have large life spans compared to their size.
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breeding
Breeding season lasts from about April until September, the main points of activity is in May and June, when the nights are warm.
Hedgehogs stay pregnant for about four and a half weeks
Baby’ies are usually born between june and july
And spaeking of pups
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BABIES!
When hedgehogs are born their spines are below the skin, so they don’t hurt their mom. They’re blind at first, but after about 2 weeks their spines begin to show more, and their eyes open. Hedgehogs also have baby teeth. These fall out by about week 3.
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Habitats
The hedgehog habitat is mainly woodlands and meadows, but they are also commonly found in sub-urban gardens.
They have a few nests and usually came out at night to look for their insects due to being nocturnal.
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Hibernation
Hedgehogs Hibernate? Y.E.S. Why? They usually do in order to
survive. Insects become scare during winter, so
they eat a lot before hibernating. Hibernating is one of the biggest
causes of death amoungst them. Nests can be washed away, and they
can be ran over.
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Other Dangers
Besides Hibernation, other dangers include:
Bonfires Vehicles Lawn Mowers And slug pellets
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Bonfires and Lawn mowers
Bonfires pose a real threat for hedgehogs. They often nest for hibernation in piles of leaves, which turn into bonfires. Then the bonfires are set on fire, and the hedgehogs die.
Hedgehogs are often hurt by lawn mowers, especially if the grass is long because then you can barely see them.
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Vehicles and Slug pellets
many of us will have seen squashed hedgehogs on the roads when driving by, and statistics say about 12,000 to 15,000 hedgehogs are killed on our roads every year, which is very bad
Although some may be found, hedgehogs aren't known for eating slug pellets, but the slugs they eat may be poisoned
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Hedgehog senses
The hedgehog uses the same senses as us, such as:
Smell Taste Sight Hearing
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Sense of Smell
smell is the primary sense of hedgehogs. They use it more than any other sense, and it is probably the best sense. With smell, a hedgehog can finds its food, recognize other hedgehogs and sense the presence of danger
The hedgehog is constantly sniffing the ground as it walks, that way it can find its food
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The other senses
Their sense of sight is very basic and unlike humans, the don't use it much. They mostly see in shades of brown and cream
It use hearing a lot to detect it's prey, and danger. If a hedgehogs hear a worm, it would be rather loud.
hedgehogs do not care what food tastes like! They’re well known to eat insects that other insectivores will not eat.
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Hedgehogs with no quills?
There has been a recent discovery of a hedgehog with no quills.
No one is positive as to why it doesn’t have them, but it need them to survive.
They’ve kept him in order to not only keep him alive, but study him aswell.
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Sponsors! Many people know of hedgehogs
thanks to Sonic The Hedgehog! Which make people want to own one…but its illegal because PA Game Commission now feels that all hedgehogs are "progeny of initially illegally imported hedgehogs"
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A.CUTE.VIDEO. CILANTRO…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OrLRioWoLE&feature=related
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Sources
Google.com http://www.wildlife-web.org.uk