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	Hedgehog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hedgehogs are easily distinguished by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin.
		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 (1370 words)

	European Hedgehog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), or simply the European hedgehog, is a hedgehog species found throughout the Palaearctic region, except in the Himalayas and North Africa.
		The hedgehog is about 20 cm in length, and lives in woodland, farmland and suburban areas.
		This species has become a serious pest in the Western Isles of Scotland, where introduced hedgehogs eat the eggs of ground-nesting waders such as Snipe, Dunlin, Redshank and Lapwing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Hedgehog (190 words)

	Hedgehogs in Spain
		The Algerian hedgehog is slightly smaller and usually lighter than its European cousin - though in these photos, the Algerian is the darker of the two -many Spanish European hedgehogs are lighter.
		He supposes that the hedgehogs were carrying the fruit to their holes to eat in quiet and security, and that to procure them they must have rolled themselves on the fruit which was scattered in great abundance all over the ground beneath the trees."- Charles Darwin.
		Until recently Algerian hedgehogs were captured for their meat in the Balearics, while there was a tradition of eating European hedgehogs in Portugal and the Basque Country, the latter no doubt with some ingenious Basque method of cooking them.
	iberianature.com /material/hedgehog_spain.html (871 words)

	The Hedgehog Page
		The wild European hedgehog is not kept as a pet because of its wild nature, the noises it makes and its nocturnal life.
		Hedgehogs are plump animals with a long snout, small ears and eyes, no tail and a lot of spines on the top of the body.
		Hedgehogs have been taking care of themselves for 60 million years, so there is no reason to believe they need human intervention at all.
	www.gardensafari.net /english/hedgehogs.htm (1952 words)

	Everything you always wanted to know about hedgehogs
		Hedgehogs are solitary animals, who rarely come together except to mate (although they occasionally gather in places where there is an abundant source of food).
		Hedgehogs are found throughout the Old World, including parts of the Ukraine, India, China, the Gobi desert, Morrocco, Iran and Pakistan, South Africa, Western Europe and the British Isles.
		The European hedgehog has a slightly longer snout, and a mottled brown coloring which gives it an appearance somewhat similar to that of a miniature wild boar -hence the name.
	www.angelfire.com /punk2/walktheplank/hedgehogs.html (536 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)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on hedgehog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Hedgehogs are most closely related to gymnures and other insectivores, including moles, shrews, tenrecs and solenodons.
		A defence that all species of hedgehogs possess is the ability to roll into a tight ball, causing all of the spines to point outwards.
		However, its effectiveness depends on the number of spines, and since some of the desert hedgehogs evolved to carry less weight, they are much more likely to try to run away and sometimes even attack the intruder, trying to ram into him with their needles, leaving rolling as a last resort.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/hedgehog (1753 words)

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		Hedgehogs do not breed well in small cages so if you plan on breeding your pet, be sure to take this into consideration.
		Hedgehogs are primarily insectivores and should be fed a diet which reflects this.
		Hedgehogs should be checked for salmonella annually to protect them from serious disease as well as safeguard the family from illness.
	www.exopet.com /hedgehogs.htm (2583 words)

	1999 abstracts
		The pathological changes in European hedgehogs may include vacuolization of white mat-ter of variable degree and variable location, affecting both the brain and spinal cord, and/or inflammatory changes in the men-inges that may be indicative of a viral meningoencephalitis.
		Hedgehog diet was studied in dryland scrub and braided river habitats in the central South Island using gut and faecal analysis.
		From the data concerning hedgehog weight at the month they were taken in and their respective death rates, one can draw conclusions about why these particular hedgehogs were conspicuous and needed help, and whether or not it was necessary to take them in.
	www.ehrg.org /2004abstracts.html (4942 words)

	The Flash and Thelma Memorial Hedgehog Rescue
		The hedgehog part of the rescue, was originally headquartered in Northern Colorado, decentralized in three locations and was home to over 20 permanent hedgehog residents and a varying number of temporary hedgehogs that are rescued from various conditions and sources and then found acceptable homes.
		Hedgehogs are fairly new to the U.S.A. as pets and, almost exclusively, the hedgehogs that were imported as pets are known as the African Pigmy Hedgehog, a slang term that is not technically correct.
		Thelma was legendary for her ability to calm aggressive and/or skittish hedgehogs and died of old age (kidney failure) at five and one half years.
	hedgieflash.org /rosie.html (1458 words)

	Working for Wildlife: Caring for Hedgehogs
		Hedgehogs are among the most commonly hospitalised wildlife patients, due to their choice of habitat and ease of capture
		To begin with, hedgehogs should always be transported in a strong box with a secure lid (a pet carrier is ideal) with newspaper and a towel for insulation.
		On admission to a practice therefore, hedgehogs should be safely housed in a cage with newspaper on the floor and a mound of substrate consisting of earth and dry leaf/twig vegetation (since hedgehogs like to sleep in compost heaps and as we all know are similarly attracted to bonfires!).
	www.workingforwildlife.org.uk /education/hedgehog.htm (1320 words)

	issg Database: Ecology of Erinaceus europaeus
		Hedgehogs threaten native invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, and ground-nesting birds, and compete with native insectivores.
		Invertebrates dominate the hedgehogs diet, especially beetles and caterpillars which appear to contribute most to dietary energy.
		Otherwise, hedgehog diet is varied, and can depend on local conditions and prey availablity, indicating an opportunistic feeding behaviour.
	www.issg.org /database/species/ecology.asp?si=176&fr=1&sts= (445 words)

	Corsica Trip Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		European Turtle Dove: Two in agricultural land at the foot of the Asco Valley on 30th April, one at the hotel on 3rd May and two at Étang de Biguglia on 4th May. The purring song was a reminder of times gone for some.
		European Nightjar: We were all treated to the rather bizarre sight of one flying around with Bee-eaters at Cap Corse on 3rd May. One of a host of surprising migrant species we were lucky enough to encounter at Cap Corse.
		European Bee-eater: Our visit must have coincided with the main migration of this species as we were treated to flocks of 12 at Calzarellu and 30+ at Étang de Diane on 2nd May, 120+ at Cap Corse on 3rd May, 80+ at Étang de Biguglia on 4th May and another 10 there next day.
	www.naturalist.co.uk /reports2002/corsica.php (6914 words)

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		All of these hedgehogs mentioned can be found in the Complete Hedgehog book by Les Stocker and a description and more detail on each can be found there.
		All these hedgehogs were brought to me due to the fact their vet would not work on such a small animal.
		Your hedgehog should be kept in a warm area at a temperature of 68-75 degrees.
	www.expage.com /hedgehogfacts (700 words)

	Answer 85 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Being an insectivore, the European hedgehog's major prey is the earthworm, but it will eat any available invertebrate, including beetles, earwigs, and slugs.
		In Europe, hedgehogs are often tamed as pets and encouraged to live around human homes because they are thought to keep pests out of gardens.
		Hedgehogs have even played a roll in European folklore over the years, with stories of them carrying fruit on their spines or sucking milk from sleeping cows.
	www.canisius.edu /~noonan/sow/answer85.htm (284 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.
		European species appear to be immune to toxins, since they are able to eat bees and wasps.
		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)

	Hedgehogs Push Scottish Seabirds to Extinction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The discovery has important implications for several other Scottish islands where hedgehogs have been introduced in the belief that they are strict insectivores whose effect on the fauna is entirely benign.
		Hedgehogs were observed as they unsuccessfully tried to enter the protected zone, their tiny legs carrying them up to half a kilometer (third of a mile) in search of eggs.
		Hedgehogs were introduced to the Western Isles in 1974 and have since colonized areas on Benbecula and North Uist; they now number 5,000 in total.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2001/08/0807_wirehedgehog.html (661 words)

	"Natural Magick" - "Glossary/Index - H"
		A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.
		Hedgehog - A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europæus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines.
		The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color.
	homepages.tscnet.com /omard1/h.htm (8665 words)

	Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews - Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, 1995: Erinaceidae
		The snout of gymnures and hedgehogs is elongate and blunt and the eyes and ears are well developed.
		European hedgehogs feed primarily on invertebrates including earthworms, slugs, beetles and caterpillars, while the Daurian hedgehog (Mesechinus dauuricus) of the Gobi Desert has been reported to feed mainly on small rodents.
		In appearance, the Algerian hedgehog is noticeably paler in colour than most examples of the European hedgehog, although Erinaceus europaeus may be quite pale in colour in southern Spain.
	members.vienna.at /shrew/itsesAP95-erinaceidae.html (4130 words)

	common name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Boulatova N.S. and Vorontsov N.N. 1969 The chromosomes of the desert hedgehog Paraechinus hypomelas (Erinaceidae, Insectivora).
		Giaga E.B. and Ondrias J.C. 1980 Karyological analysis of eastern european hedgehog Erinaceus concolor (Mammalia, Incestivora) in Greece.
		Shah V.C. and Aravinda B.K. 1977 karyotype of the pale hedgehog, Paraechinus micropus (Insectivora, Erinaceidae, Erinaceinae)"Mammal.
	www.bionet.nsc.ru /chromosomes/Insectivora/insectivora.htm (1346 words)

	Western European hedgehog, common hedgehog
		The Name "Hedgehog": "Hedgehog" refers to either the fact that the animal looks like a hedge, or likes to live in hedges.
		Description: A large, stout insectivore with short tail and short ears, the hedgehog's head, back, and sides are evenly covered with dense sharp spines.
		A hedgehog will sometimes lick a strange object of pungent odor until its saliva becomes frothy, then with its tongue it licks its spines with the froth.
	www.americazoo.com /goto/index/mammals/40.htm (254 words)

	Defending western civilisation \| Samizdata.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Anyone who values western liberal civilisation needs to think a little harder than that, avoiding both atavistic collectivism and a head-in-the-sand refusal to see we have a serious problem that will not go away on its own.
		It is assimulation into western norms of tolerance that concerns me. I feel no more kinship with a white UK passport holding tribal collectivist BNP supporter than I do with an Islamic fundimentalist straight off the aeroplane from Pakistan.
		They have beliefs that are incompatible with western society, and the very fact that the so called moderates will use such an excuse for terrorism when the answer is clear elsewhere shows they are either vastly out of touch with these people or they are part of the obfuscation of their motives.
	www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/007824.html (11345 words)

	Hedgehog Central
		In total, there are currently 14 known species of hedgehog found throughout large areas of Europe, (including the British Isles) Africa and Asia, and they have been introduced to some of the islands off the African coast, and New Zealand.
		There are no native species of hedgehog in Southeast Asia, Australia or North and South America.
		Below is a list of the four genera and 14 that comprise the known hedgehog species of the World:
	hedgehogcentral.com /world.shtml (315 words)

	History of the Hedgehog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		B. The European Hedgehog lives in Europe and into Asia.
		The western European hedgie lives in the whole of western Europe, including southern Scandinavia and northern Russia.
		The eastern European hedgie lives in Asia only west as far as Germany.
	www.siec.k12.in.us /~west/proj/hedge/euro2.htm (50 words)

	Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Mammalia: Insectivora: Hedgehogs
		European Hedgehog Research Group - Workshops, addresses of hedgehog researchers, information on caring for sick or injured hedgehogs, literature.
		Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in Cornwall - Brief information from Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
		The Hedghogz Home Page - Information on the European hedgehog, found in the UK and Western Europe.
	dmoz.org /Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Hedgehogs (129 words)

	Illustrated Handbook of Western European Costume, 13th - mid 19th Century - Hedgehog Handworks
		Illustrated Handbook of Western European Costume, 13th - mid 19th Century - Hedgehog Handworks
		(by Iris Brooke) Republication of "Western European Costume and its Relation to the Theatre" published in 2 volumes in 1939 and 1940.
		The author uses theatrical costumes as contemporary clues to the wearing apparel that was in vogue in Europe.
	www.hedgehoghandworks.com /catalog/BKCT5052.shtml (108 words)

	LIST OF UK MAMMAL SPECIES (frame page - operates correctly from www.wildlifeinformation.org/PREVIEW_WILDPro)
		Hedgehog, Hog, Western hedgehog, Eurasian hedgehog, European hedgehog, Western European hedgehog, Short-eared hedgehog, Urchin, Hedgepig, Draenog (Welsh), Graineag (Scottish Gaelic), Gráinneog (Irish Gaelic), Hérisson commun d'Europe occindentale (French), Europäischer Igel (German), Braunbrustigel (German), Westigel (German), Hérisson d'Europe (French).
		European polecat, Foul marten, Fitch (name for pelt), Ffwlbart (Welsh), Putois d'Europe (French), Europäischer Iltis (German), Gemeiner Iltis (German), Waldiltis (German).
		European beaver, Asiatic beaver, Castor (French), (Eurasiatischer) Biber (German), Castor europeo (Spanish), Castoro europeo (Italian), Castor albicus (France and Germany), Castor fiber galliae, Castor fiber albicus, Castor fiber fiber, Castor fiber vistulanus.
	www.wildlifeinformation.org /Subdirectories_for_Search2/ListPages/UKWildlife/List_UK_Mammals.htm (1078 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Azores temperate mixed forests (PA0403)
		rattus), house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus), western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), least weasel (Mustela nivalis), and ferret (M.
		For some time farmers were compensated by the government to kill many native birds, including the bullfinch, as they were considered agricultural pests (Robertson 1997).
		A European Union-funded program was initiated by the local forestry service in 1995 to restore and expand laurel forests in an effort to increase the population of the Azores bullfinch; the laurel forest around the Pico da Vara summit was also designated a Natural Forest Reserve (Ramos 2000).
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa0403_full.html (1781 words)

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