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  Hedgehog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hedgehogs feed on insects, snails, frogs and toads, snakes, bird eggs, carrion, mushrooms, grass roots, berries, melons, and watermelons.
Hedgehogs are difficult to maintain as pets due to their low resistance to climate and temperature changes, and their inability to adapt to enclosed environments.
Attempts to eliminate hedgehogs from bird colonies on the Scottish islands of North Uist and Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides have met with considerable opposition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hedgehog   (1495 words)

  
 Hedgehog (weapon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hedgehog was replaced by the more effective Squid mortar in 1943 and this in turn was replaced by the three-barreled Limbo.
The Hedgehog was adapted in a 6 launcher form for use on the back of the Matilda tank serving with Australian forces.
From 1949 a copy of Hedgehog was produced in the USSR as MBU-200, developed in 1956 into MBU-600 with enhanced range of 600 m.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hedgehog_(weapon)   (899 words)

  
 Hedgehog - MSN Encarta
Hedgehog, common name for any of several spiny mammals that are similar in appearance to the porcupine, but more closely related to the mole and shrew (see Insectivore).
European hedgehogs hibernate during the wintertime, but their torpor is not deep and they occasionally awaken and emerge from their nest of dry leaves to hunt food.
Eurasian hedgehogs are classified in the genus Erinaceus, African hedgehogs in the genus Atelerix, long-eared desert hedgehogs in the genus Hemiechinus, and desert hedgehogs in the genus Paraechinus.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761574476   (298 words)

  
 Hedgehog homepage
Hedgehogs are rather lonely creatures, and they are easily starting fights with each other.
Hedgehogs like many other animals are in the danger of extinction caused by a constant decrease of their living places like bushes and hedges and intensive traffic.
Hedgehogs are waking up from the winter sleep (hibernation), when the temperature raises to around +10°C. They are VERY thirsty, and desperately try to find something to drink.
hem.passagen.se /hedgehogs/hedgehogs.html   (1447 words)

  
 HEDGEHOGS SMALL INSECTIVORES FOODS SUN SCARLET BROWNS SUPPLIES PETS
Hedgehogs that are thoroughly familiar with their human friends tend to be a lot friendlier in most cases—although it depends on the hedgehog, as it does with any animal with a personality (or should that be critterality?).
Hedgehogs like to explore, and in spite of appearing to have almost nothing in the leg department, their legs are actually quite long (as you may be amazed to see during scratching and/or the contortions that accompany self-anointing).
Hedgehogs will usually prefer to leave their droppings on wood shavings or a similar bedding, if, that is, you are as successful (or rather unsuccessful) as I have been in the litter box training department (at least with Velcro).
www.pets-warehouse.com /hedgehog.htm   (11312 words)

  
 Hedgehog
Detonation of a spread of hedgehogs that appear to have struck a shallow bottom and detonated.
Mark 15 Hedgehog was a "trainable" version that that adjusted to sloped decks, variable seas, etc. The Mark 15's pattern was the same as the Mark 11's, i.e.
The Mark 6 Hedgehog was similar to the 7.2" rocket fired from the Mark 20 and 21 "Mousetrap" rocket launcher.
www.de220.com /Armament/Hedgehog/Hedgehog.htm   (791 words)

  
 African Wildlife Foundation: Wildlives
When the hedgehog rolls up, a special, highly developed circular muscle that runs along the sides of the body and across the rump and neck contracts and forms a "bag" into which the body, head and legs are folded.
In Nairobi, hedgehogs are rarely seen during the height of the dry season, but are very conspicuous during and after rainy seasons, when insects are abundant.
Hedgehogs perform a courtship ritual in which the male walks round and round a female in estrus, often for hours at a time.
www.awf.org /wildlives/125   (717 words)

  
 History of the Hedgehog
The White-bellied Hedgehog is a mammal with an armor of spikes which it uses to protect itself.
A hedgehog is a nocturnal animal, which means it sleeps during the day and is awake and active during the night.
Hedgehogs are nocturnal creatures and do not mind being left alone for long periods of time.
www.siec.k12.in.us /~west/proj/hedge/hoghistory.htm   (593 words)

  
 Hedgehog World - A community for African Pygmy Hedgehog Owners and Breeders - Oh No! My Hedgehog Has Mites!
First, they can be transferred from an outside source (a infested bag of wood shavings, another hedgehog, or even from a different animal), or Second, that they came from the hedgehog himself (A few living on the hedgehog until the hedgehog's immunities become low and they are able to reproduce).
If your hedgehog is scratching a lot and appears to be losing quills in a concentrated area, you need to go to the vet and have him do a skin scraping.
Generally the hedgehog is given 3 times treatments spaced 2 weeks apart, but this varied based on the severity of the mites.
www.hedgehogworld.com /content/view/95/42   (638 words)

  
 hedgehog
The hedgehog is classified as an insectivore, however, they consume both plant and animal products in their diet (1).The hedgehog needs food from the essential food groups fats, proteins, and carbohydrates (2).
Hedgehogs are polyestrus, meaning they may have multiple litters per year, but in nature a female’s peak breeding times will be in summer.
The female hedgehog is an induced ovulate, therefore simply being in the presence of a male, during her estrus phase, will cause her eggs to be dropped.
www2.mcdaniel.edu /Biology/labanimalsweb/ahedgehog/hedgehog.html   (1141 words)

  
 Critters Collection: Hedgehog
Try to purchase a hedgehog between 8 and 12 weeks of age, as young hedgehogs are usually quicker to adapt to family routine.
One advantage of purchasing a hedgehog from a breeder is that you may be able to obtain one with more unusual coloring--such as cream, cinnamon, albino or spotted.
Hedgehogs can live as long as 10 years in captivity, so it is important to carefully select the one that best fits your idea of the perfect pet.
www.animalnetwork.com /critters/profiles/hedgehog/default.asp   (503 words)

  
 Oakland Zoo: African Hedgehog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I. The East African Hedgehog can be distinguished from all other species of hedgehogs because it lacks a hallux (1st toe) and thus has only 4 toes on the hind foot.
Hedgehogs are very resistant to insect toxins, chemical poisons, and snake venom.
These hedgehogs are the favorite prey of the Verreaux Eagle Owl and the local people use their skin or spines as fertility charms.
www.oaklandzoo.org /atoz/azhgehog.html   (406 words)

  
 Interactive Fly, Drosophila
hedgehog is a segment polarity gene in Drosophila; its biochemical and functional homolog in vertebrates is sonic hedgehog.
In summary, hedgehog is a necessary element in the establishment of polarity during segmentation of the fly, and during the development of appendages.
Hedgehog (Hh), a protein secreted by engrailed expressing P compartment cells, spreads into each A compartment across the anterior and the posterior boundaries to form opposing concentration gradients that organize cell pattern and polarity.
www.sdbonline.org /fly/segment/hedghog1.htm   (5831 words)

  
 The Fox and the Hedgehog
Hedgehogs' lives are embodiment of a single, central vision of reality according to which they "feel", breathe, experience and think - "system addicts", in short.
For Berlin, the age of Enlightenment, for all its many virtues, is the age of hedgehogs, because of its view that, as he put it (in his essay on "The Divorce between the Sciences and the Humanities", 1974, p.
He, himself, preferred a more liberal, pluralistic (and, for that matter, Romantic) stance, which abjures the quest for a grand synthesis and asserts instead that, in the clash of ideas, it does not have to be the case that one idea is true and the other is false.
www.kheper.net /topics/typology/Fox_and_Hedgehog.html   (631 words)

  
 Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Database: Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The morphogen Hedgehog is an autoproteolytic secreted protein that activates an essential cellular pathway (Hedgehog Signaling Pathway) required during the embryogenesis of various organisms.
Gallet, A., Rodriguez, R., Ruel, L. and Therond, P. Cholesterol modification of hedgehog is required for trafficking and movement, revealing an asymmetric cellular response to hedgehog.
Hedgehog patterning activity: role of a lipophilic modification mediated by the carboxy-terminal autoprocessing domain.
hedgehog.sfsu.edu /overview.html   (1828 words)

  
 Medieval Bestiary : Hedgehog
The hedgehog has the appearance of a young pig, but is entirely covered with sharp spines or quills, which protect it from danger.
When the hedgehog notices the approach of a man, it rolls itself into a ball so its spines protect it, and creaks like a cart to fool the man. Hedgehogs can detect the direction the wind is blowing from; when the wind comes from the north, the hedgehog closes the north hole of its lair.
Hedgehogs foretell a change in wind direction from north to south when they retire to their lairs.
bestiary.ca /beasts/beast217.htm   (333 words)

  
 hedgehog
Hedgehogs are not related to hogs, but they root in the ground for food in the manner of hogs.
A hedgehog will bite a snake and then roll itself up as the snake strikes, repeating this procedure until the snake is dead.
The spines of hedgehogs differ from those of porcupines; they are not barbed and do not pull out of the animal's skin easily.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0823180.html   (434 words)

  
 Hedgehog World - A community for African Pygmy Hedgehog Owners and Breeders
With all the hedgehogs that are available in pet stores, you might be wondering why you should take the extra time to contact a breeder and go out of your way to get a hedgehogs.
While the personality of any individual hedgehog cannot be guaranteed (some are runners, explores, cuddlers, etc.), a hedgehog from a breeder is typically much friendlier then one you would find at a pet store.
Hedgehogs have been a figure displayed in various forms of literature and media for thousands of years.
www.hedgehogworld.com   (522 words)

  
 Hedgehog Lisp 2.0.0
Hedgehog is a very concise implementation of a Lisp-like language for low-end and embedded devices.
Hedgehog Lisp is functional: no functions may have any side effects, except for the builtin I/O operations.
The Hedgehog Lisp interpreter is not suitable for using interactively: it reads in the whole input file before interpreting it, so there is no read-eval-output loop as in traditional Lisp interpreters.
hedgehog.oliotalo.fi /doc/hh.html   (6162 words)

  
 HedgeHog.com: B2B eSourcing, eProcurement&Online Reverse and Forward Auction Software
HedgeHog's easy-to-use, on-demand sourcing services offer the same robust functionality found in more expensive online solutions, but at a fraction of the cost.
HedgeHog is the leading provider of on-demand procurement services for the middle market.
HedgeHog procurement specialists can provide full-service solutions to guide you through the entire purchasing process—developing and managing purchasing specifications, identifying qualified suppliers locally and throughout the world, facilitating online negotiations and analyzing results.
www.hedgehog.com   (366 words)

  
 Hedgehog Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
The hedgehog is a small, noisy mammal whose hair is modified into stiff, spiky spines on the upper part of its body.
Hedgehogs are native to Africa, Asia, Europe and have been introduced to New Zealand.
Hedgehogs have a life span of about 5 years in captivity.
www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/hedgehog/Hedgehogprintout.shtml   (242 words)

  
 Hedgehog Filk
It must keep its magical cloak close at hand, though, for if a mortal hedgehog were to steal, the Urchin would be bound to the hedgehog until she can steal the cloak back and return to her watery home.
This the hedgehogs have known for centuries, and have cultivated this sacred healing art, and guarded its secrets for generations.
A hedgehog knows that its spines have magical healing powers; after all, when a person is jabbed, there is pain, but when the spine is removed, the person really does feel better after a bit.
www.hedgehog.org /hedgehogorg/hedgehog.org/maillist/filk.html   (6575 words)

  
 Hedgehog
The hedgehog sleeps in small burrows or nest of grass and tangled leaves under shrubs, rocks, or hollow logs during the day and comes out at night to eat insects.
Hedgehogs in the wild live from 3 to eight years; in captivity they may live up to 10 years.
This organization was established with the purpose of educating the public in the care and betterment of hedgehogs and to facilitate the rescue, welfare, promotion and care of hedgehogs everywhere.
www.42explore.com /hedghog.htm   (1614 words)

  
 The Hedgehog Blog
Charles Krauthammer, who is much smarter than me and almost everybody that I know, is the latest pundit to opine, in his column in today's Washington Post, that Israel won and Hezbollah lost, both militarily and politically, in the recent Lebanon conflict.
Previously the Hedgehog noted the hesitancy of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to appoint a commision to investigate the performance of his government and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the recent combat operations in Lebanon.
For those who are unable to read the entire article, the following excerpt is a gem, since one is encountering more and more "legitimate" pundits who are calling into question whether the creation of the State of Israel was a mistake, or whether it should be permitted to exist.
hedgehogcentral.blogspot.com   (4818 words)

  
 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: ON HEDGEHOG PROTEINS
A "hedgehog protein" is a transmembrane protein involved in segment polarity and cell-cell signaling during embryogenesis and metamorphosis in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, and in other insects and vertebrates.
In some contexts, hedgehog signals act as morphogens in the dose-dependent induction of distinct cell fates within a target field, in others as mitogens regulating cell proliferation, or as inducing factors controlling the form of a developing organ.
One of the most intriguing examples of this phenomenon is the hedgehog family of proteins.
scienceweek.com /2004/sa040827-2.htm   (1115 words)

  
 Numo: Hedgehog blog
The only hedgehog ownership thing that had totally stymied me. You're suppose to keep their nails short so they don't get unruly and caught on stuff and trip the little guys up.
Hedgehogs have muscles that when they constrict sort of draw them closed like a drawstring bag, letting them curl up in a ball.
Hedgehogs are diurnal, meaning they wake at dawn and dusk.
www.loosetooth.com /Numo/numo.php3   (6907 words)

  
 Hedgehog
The compiler and interpreter are under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) and the Hedgehog standard library is under a license similar to the BSD one.
Hedgehog 2.1 adds basic crypto and a number of smaller features.
The Hedgehog mailing list for announcements, bug reports, questions, and discussion.
hedgehog.oliotalo.fi   (347 words)

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