Though they may seem exotic to most people in the Americas, wild hedgehogs are quite common in much of the rest of the world. The tiny creatures are usually nocturnal and use their spiky exteriors to protect themselves. Each hedgehog has about 6,000 quills, but the quills aren"t poisonous and don"t easily detach, like those of the also-quilled (but completely unrelated) porcupine.
Sleep tight, little hedgehog
Today in History
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Mod gear
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Talampaya National Park, Argentina
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The artists come to Venice
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Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
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Southern right whales sail home to South Africa
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Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire
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Happy Independence Day!
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone
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Earth at Perihelion
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Kiteboarding and windsurfing in Croatia
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Evidence of human habitation
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Happy Independence Day!
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Tokyo welcomes a futuristic new art museum
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Killer whales in Spildra, Norway
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World Children s Day
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Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
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GOAL!
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National Napping Day
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National Napping Day
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Boxing Day in East Yorkshire, England
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Here we honor the women who ve served
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Black History Month
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Poppies in bloom
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World Bicycle Day
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Siblings Day
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Celebrating World Wildlife Day
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Paleontology meets art
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