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A bit late for Hedgehog Awareness Week, which someone in Britain set as May 4-10, the poem "Be Kind" by Michael Blumenthal with a spiky little one pictured at the top: https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/05/michael-blumenthal-be-kind.html

"Surely
the hedgehog, furling and unfurling
into its spiked little ball, knows something
that, with gentle touch and unthreatening
tone, can inure to our benefit,"

#kindness #Hedgehog #HedgehogAwarenessWeek #poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #MichaelBlumenthal

Hedgehogs 🌀🦔

(The official Sonic account posted Sonic supporting Hedgehog Awareness Week, and I thought it was cute!)

British Hedgehog Preservation Society

#HedgehogAwarenessWeek #HedgehogWeek #Sonic #SonicTheHedgehog

Artwork of Sonic holding a feral hedgehog, that nuzzles him as he holds it to his cheek and smiles.

Hedgehog Awareness Week, 30th April – 6th May 2023 - The British Hedgehog Preservation Society
#Hedgehogs
#HedgehogAwarenessWeek
https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/hedgehog-awareness-week-30th-april-6th-may-2023/

#HedgehogWeek 🦔: All #hedgehogs are capable of volvation aka conglobation - aka, they can roll up into an armored ball in defense 🙂
Faience sphere in the form of a hedghog, #AncientEgypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, c. 1550–1450 BCE, diameter 5.8cm,
Met collection: https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544054
photo: https://pinterest.com/pin/294000681898277596/
#HedgehogAwarenessWeek

photo of a real hedgehog curled up in a ball while being held

In this version of the "#hedgehog knocks down fruit then rolls around & collects them on its spines to bring home to its family" #medieval #bestiary story, they're apples instead of the usual grapes, and this hedgehog is clearly an overachiever! 😂
Bodleian Library MS Douce 308 (Bestiaire d'amour) f. 98v
#HedgehogWeek #HedgehogAwarenessWeek

Hedgehog with spiny back covered with fruit
"The hedgehog can roll up in its spines so that nothing can touch without being pricked, and it can roll in apples to stick them to its spines. Richard says some men are like the hedghog, able to take from every place but not be taken in any place. [From the Bestiaire d'amour]"
Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 308 (Bestiaire d'amour), folio 98v
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast217.htm

It's #HedgehogWeek! 🦔(+ #ManuscriptMonday)
The #hedgehog has a fun #medieval #bestiary story - it knocks down fruit then rolls around & collects them on its spines to bring home to its family. Fruit kebobs to go!
1 BM Douai MS 711 (De Natura animalium) f. 23v
2 BnF fr.14969 (Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc) f. 21v
3 British Library Royal MS 12 F XIII (Rochester Bestiary) f. 45r
#HedgehogAwarenessWeek

Hedgehogs gather fruit with their spines
"The hedgehog has the appearance of a young pig, but is entirely covered with sharp spines, which it uses to gather fruit."
Bibliothèque Municipale de Douai, Ms. 711 (De Natura animalium), folio 23v
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast217.htm

Hedgehogs gathering fruit on their spines
"Hedgehogs climb grape vines or fruit trees to knock the fruit to the ground. There they roll on the fruit to stick it to the sharp spines on their backs, so they can carry food home to their families."
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 14969 (Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc), folio 21v
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast217.htm

Hedgehogs gathering fruit on their spines
"Hedgehogs climb trees or vines to knock the fruit to the ground. They then roll on the fruit so it sticks to the spines on their backs (right) so they can carry it home to feed their young (left)."
British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII (Rochester Bestiary), folio 45r
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast217.htm

Citrus-like structure of hedgehog spines revealed in Nottingham

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65417389

It's Hedgehog Awareness Week 🦔 🦔 🦔

The population has declined by 50% since 2000.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wildlife/homes-for-hedgehogs/

Stop erecting solid fencing between gardens.

#Research #UniversityOfNottingham #Hedgehogs #Charity #Hedgepigs #BritishHedgehogPreservationSociety
#HedgehogAwarenessWeek

RT @WildLondon@twitter.com

Our hedgehogs are in decline but there are ways you can help them in your garden:

🦔 Avoid pesticides
🦔 Leave gaps in hedges and fences
🦔 Provide water in hot weather
🦔 Log and leaf piles
🦔 Create easy routes out of ponds
🦔 Cover drains/deep holes

#HedgehogAwarenessWeek

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/WildLondon/status/1523271865929650176

A hedgehog poking it’s head out of the square entrance hole of a wooden hedgehog box positioned on some grass. © Gillian Day

It's #hedgehogawarenessweek 🦔 (3rd – 9th May). Hoary Hedgehog is smoking his best tobacco to celebrate the occasion.
#art #illustration #mastoart

#HedgehogAwarenessWeek

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