Buffaloaf ,

I fucking love hedgies. Did you know they’re born with quills?

sorrybookbroke OP , (edited )
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I know it’s so strange! I’d feel bad for the mother if I didn’t know they were built for that, and the quills were soft for the first few hours before they harden and sharpen.

Hedgehogs are fantastic

makeshiftreaper ,

Wouldn’t they be hedgehoglets?

Buffaloaf ,

Yes

WalrusByte ,
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That’s what I like to call them too!

bionicjoey ,

Is a female hedgehog called a hedgesow?

Just_Pizza_Crust ,

Females are called Sows, males are called Boars, and pups are called Hoglets. The “hedge-” prefix is just fun slang.

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