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Today is day 5 of 30 poems in 30 days.......today's is by me...
About our little spiky friends......
Hedgehogs
There are 17 species of hedgehog.
They are found in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and were introduced in New Zealand by settlers.
Hedgehogs are nocturnal animals, often sleep during the day in a nest or under bushes and shrubs before coming out to feed at night.
Hedgehogs are not related to other spine covered creatures such as the porcupine or echidna.
The spines of a hedgehogs, are stiff hollow hairs, they are not poisonous or barbed and cannot be easily removed, they fall out naturally when a hedgehog sheds its baby spines and grows adult spines a process called "quilling".
Hedgehogs have about 5,000 to 6,500 spines at any one time.
Most hedgehog species will roll into a tight ball if threatened, making it hard for its attacker to get past the spiky defences.
A baby hedgehog is called a hoglet.
Hedgehogs communicate through a combination of snuffles, grunts and squeals.
Hedgehogs have weak eyesight but a strong sense of hearing and smell. They can swim, climb and run surprising quickly over short distances.
For their size hedgehogs have a relatively long lifespan. They live on average for 4 - 7 years in the wild and longer in captivity.
Hedgehogs in colder climates such as the UK will hibernate through winter.
If hedgehogs come in contact with humans they can sometimes pass on infections and diseases.
The hedgehogs is a pest in countries such as New Zealand where it has been introduced, as it does not have many natural predators and eats native species of insects, snails, lizards and baby ground-nesting birds.
Poetry Challenge
NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April.
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Today is day 5 of 30 poems in 30 days.......today's is by me...
About our little spiky friends......
Hedgehogs
Hedgehog
Our
little native porcupine
You’re
name suggests you are porcine.
An
explosion in a needle store
A
hedge hopping tiny spiky boar
You’re
little mousy face
In
pain it’s encased
To
hold you I would love
Pain
too much I’d need a glove
You
hide in leaves and sleep when cold
Beneath
the colours red and gold
Until
new life springs forth again
Little
hedgehog in ball remain
When
you finally thaw out
You’ll
twitch and use your nosey snout
Rid
my garden of all the pests.
Slugs
and snails you will digest
So
you are my garden ally
You
clear my grass and keep no tally
No
pay requested no fee or receipt
I’ll
leave you food, my friend petite
Nev Raper
Fabulous Facts about Hedgehogs :-
They are found in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and were introduced in New Zealand by settlers.
Hedgehogs are nocturnal animals, often sleep during the day in a nest or under bushes and shrubs before coming out to feed at night.
Hedgehogs are not related to other spine covered creatures such as the porcupine or echidna.
The spines of a hedgehogs, are stiff hollow hairs, they are not poisonous or barbed and cannot be easily removed, they fall out naturally when a hedgehog sheds its baby spines and grows adult spines a process called "quilling".
Hedgehogs have about 5,000 to 6,500 spines at any one time.
Most hedgehog species will roll into a tight ball if threatened, making it hard for its attacker to get past the spiky defences.
A baby hedgehog is called a hoglet.
Hedgehogs communicate through a combination of snuffles, grunts and squeals.
Hedgehogs have weak eyesight but a strong sense of hearing and smell. They can swim, climb and run surprising quickly over short distances.
For their size hedgehogs have a relatively long lifespan. They live on average for 4 - 7 years in the wild and longer in captivity.
Hedgehogs in colder climates such as the UK will hibernate through winter.
If hedgehogs come in contact with humans they can sometimes pass on infections and diseases.
The hedgehogs is a pest in countries such as New Zealand where it has been introduced, as it does not have many natural predators and eats native species of insects, snails, lizards and baby ground-nesting birds.
NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April.
This blog is linked to the site and is quoted on it, therefore any work submitted her will receive a much larger audience !!
So go on.....have a go !!.
Submit via the contact button or email me at :-
neville.raper@gmail.com