This document provides information about hedgehogs. It describes hedgehogs' physical characteristics such as their size, color, and quills. It discusses where hedgehogs live, what they eat, and facts about their habitat, life cycle, lactose intolerance, and running speed. The document also notes that unlike porcupines, hedgehogs do not shoot their quills and have muscles to raise and lower their quills to curl into a ball.

1. Hedgehogs Rock!
Written by Noah

2. About the author
 I like to draw, play
video games, & go on
the computer.
 I am doing a
Hedgehog because
they are my favorite
animal.

3. Who am I?
 Hedgehogs are small
little animals that
have quills pointing
out of their
back.Unlike
Porcupines
Hedgehogs do not
shoot their quills out
.
 They are about 7-12
inches long & about
as tall as a
teacup.Their skin is a
dark tan color.

4. The Early Years
 They stay with their mother for 6-7 weeks.
They are called hoglets or pups. They are
born blind. The infants are born with quills
under the skin, like pimples they pass
after they have been washed.

5. Habitat sweet habitat
 Hedgehogs live in Deserts,open forests,
Hedges (DUH), and near settlements in
Europe. They live in burrows or nests
made from grass or leaves.

6. What’s on the menu
 They eat Beetles, Ants, Termites,
Grasshoppers, Moths, Centipedes, Earth
worms, and berries.

7. Making tracks
 On the footprint the toes are sharp and
smooth and the hole thing is short. You
would find them in Deserts, open forests,
near hedges or near settlements In
Europe.

8. Simply irresistable!
 Did you know that
hedgehogs are
lactose intolerant?
 If necessary a
hedgehog can run
over 6 feet per
second.

9. Where in the world?
 Hedgehogs are found in Asia, Europe and
Africa.

10. Did you know?
 Unlike porcupines,
hedgehogs don’t
shoot their quills out.
 There are 2 large
muscles on either
side of a hedgehogs
back to raise and
lower the quills and
curl into a ball

11. Internet list
 http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home/touris
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 http://www.exoticnutrition.com/images/Hedge
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 http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond
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 http://map.primorye.ru/raster/maps/asia/asia.
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