LOOK HOW CUTE
these little guys are
they're African pygmy hedgehogs
~Atelerix albiventris~
they came originally from Algeria
+ these are fully grown!
Compare the size to the gigantic European hedgehog that most Brits will know from their gardens...
(which you can't let indoors, they're so flea-ridden)
A lot of people feed our wild hedgehogs...
Cat food is a particular favourite...
Look how enormous they are by comparison...
A nervous hedgehog will curl into a prickly ball...
Dogs will sniff around hedgehogs curiously...
But wouldn't dare try to eat one!
Cat + pygmy hedgehog
How exceedingly cute!
Aren't they the sweetest little things!
