European Hedgehog

Thanks for the info and for sharing it, Karen!

Fun fact! Hedgehogs are one of the few animals that successfully prey on venomous snakes. The hedgehog provokes the snake so that it strikes until it is injured and weakened by the hedgehog’s spines, and than delivers a bite to the snakes neck to kill it. Hedgehogs are extremely tolerant of snake venom due to the protein erinacin in their muscular system. Though this immunity is only partial and envenomation can prove fatal, it is believed that hedgehogs can survive many times the quantity of venom likely to kill a human. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...

Nice spiny butt! :-)

So cute!

Wow super spotting Pedro,second photo is so cute,congrats and thanks for sharing

Wonderful!

Nice.

Neat.

Super cute... Love it so much.. :)

Thanks, everyone!

Yes Sergio, you are right. Those places still exist!

These lovely little creatures are sadly fast disappearing from Britain so its a priviliged sighting if you see one here!

'' Pedro Cacheiro'' ! Very nice lighting and, as always, great catch (:

Lindas fotos. It is good to know that there are civilized places where people stop for animals...

so cutee!

That second picture, with it's little foot, is so cute.

Wonderful !