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Medieval hedgehogs were said to harvest fruit (specifically grapes) by spearing fruit shaken off the tree/vine on their spines. This c1300 image shows one hedgehog in a tree doing the shaking and another hedgehog spearing the fruit. #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #hedgehog #hedgehogs

In the foreground, a spiky brown hedgehog in a tight ball is spearing red fruit on its spine tips on the ground. Behind it, another brown hedgehog is stretched at length in a green tree shaking the red fruit down. Its notable that the hedgehog in the tree has a pointed snout while the hedgehog on the ground has a much more pig-like head. Image from Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404 (Rothschild Canticles), folio 176r.

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woe2you

@woe2you@toot.wales · 4 weeks ago

Found this lil fella wandering around in the middle of the afternoon. Got him all bundled up with a hot water bottle and going to take him for a checkup this evening.

#hedgehogs

A hedgehog wrapped in a towel in a plastic container

woe2you

@woe2you@toot.wales · 4 weeks ago

Found this lil fella wandering around in the middle of the afternoon. Got him all bundled up with a hot water bottle and going to take him for a checkup this evening.

#hedgehogs

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Helen Clayton

@helenclayton@mas.to · last month

Only one regular hedgehog visitor atm. My smallest one and they clearly know the drill, they are busy putting on weight in preparation for hibernation visiting the feeder back and forth from dusk till dawn. I won’t interfere yet but may weigh them later in the month.

The new feeding station has definitely foiled the cats too.

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