Paws For This Week’s Animal Facts: A Hedge Up On The Competition

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you read the word hedgehog? Is it the blue videogame character, Sonic, who runs super fast? Or is it a picture of a little, cute, rounded pet whose spikes barely look like they hurt the hand they are sitting on? Cause honestly, that's all we really have in terms of hedgehog pop culture.

Well, good news! You are about to learn a lot more than any stock photo or PlayStations could teach you about these spikey creatures. This week, we are focusing on the Sea Urchins of land, literally!

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It's so sad when people are lactose intolerant because dairy is truly one of God's greatest gifts on this earth. Chocolate? Cheese? Icecream? What could be better? And now, I have to live with the fact that not only can't my sister handle milk, but so can't hedgehogs?! Maybe we should start introducing milk substitutes to animals too!
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Before reading this, I obviously had no idea there was a relation between the two animals. But now, it makes so much sense. They literally look the exact same except one can breathe underwater. They are like identical twins in nature who can never meet...how sad.
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