Hedgehogs

Habitat

• Hedges

DESCRIPTION

• stiff, sharp spines
• size of a teacup
• comparable to hamsters
• eat insects, worms, centipedes, snails, mice, frogs and snakes

ADAPTATIONS

• when threatened, curl up into prickley, unappetizing ball
• in deserts, sleep through heat and droughts

INTERESTING FACTS

• mothers protect the young
• if nest is messed with, mothers may eat young, but mostly move to another nest
• when foraging for food - grunts like a pig "hedgeHOG"