Hedgehog quills, also called spines, aremuch shorterthan the average porcupine quill at around2.5 cmlong. Porcupine quills vary significantly in length between the various species, but they can grow up to30 cmlong on the crested porcupine in Africa. To the dismay of countless children in porcupi...
Any of various rodents of the family Hystricidae, of Eurasia and Africa, or the family Erethizontidae, of the Americas, having long, sharp, erectile quills. Hedgehogs Any of several spiny animals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog. Porcupines Plural of porcupine Hedge...
Hedgehogs are small animals that look like porcupines and are native to Europe and Asia. When they are calm, they relax their quills, and you can actually pick them up, which is why some people have hedgehogs for pets. When they are angry or frightened, the quills stand straight out so...
the hedgehog does the one thing that it excels at. It curls up into a ball, pointing all its quills outward. The hedgehog knows what it’s good at and sticks
Derrida describes the poem as a hedgehog or hérisson, quillsraised at the ready and rolled in a ball in response to approaching danger on the freeway. “Vulnerable and dangerous,” it is a “converted animal,” Der-rida says, “turned toward the other and toward itself ” (Derrida Reader...
He, like her, was a pink hedgehog, but his coloring was faded. Like he had deliberately scrubbed the vibrancy out over the years until his quills and fur were a gray, dusty blush. And though the King’s eyes were a dull blue, they held a familiar spark of passion that Amy was not...
If you do get a hedgehog, I would recommend going to a certified hedgehog breeder. Pet stores are notorious for having bad animals. A breeder has gone though the trouble of selecting healthy parents to create healthy babies. Plus I think it's good to keep people like that in business. ...
He, like her, was a pink hedgehog, but his coloring was faded. Like he had deliberately scrubbed the vibrancy out over the years until his quills and fur were a gray, dusty blush. And though the King’s eyes were a dull blue, they held a familiar spark of passion that Amy was not...