Thursday, January 31, 2013

What's up with hedgehogs?

I felt like I knew what I needed to know about hedgehogs thanks to Sega Genesis. However, as it turns out, I did not. For example, I saw this video the other day and learned that they can swim/float:




You're in love with hedgehogs now too, right? What if you had one that lived in your bathroom and helped put toothpaste on your toothbrush every day??

Facts:
  • Hedgehogs are mammals.
  • They make hog noises while searching for food, often while hanging out in hedges. hedge + hog = yep. They're carnivorous and can even eat poisonous snakes.
  • Hedgehogs hibernate.
  • They're covered in little, hard quills, and can roll into a tiny hedgehog ball to protect themselves from danger, like an owl or a lawnmower.
  • You can keep them as pets. They live for four to seven years, and a hedgehog starter kit is only $80!

It's a good thing that these people exist because, no, I do not like conflicting and fractured information about hedgehogs. I've always wanted to write a children's book. Do you think I could write one about a hedgehog? Here's a drawing I did:

 
I feel like his name could be Herbie the Helpful Hedgehog or something equally as catchy. And then I remembered this:

We meet again, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. Well played, Beatrix Potter. Well played.


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