--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > Aw, now you've done it. EVERYONE will know what a > softy, sucky person you are Raunchy. > I think on the hedgehog it is all those little > pink toes and bellybutton that get me, plus how > gently the person is holding it.
Just as a warning to those who are drawn to photos of hedgehogs, and how cute they are and all, there is a *reason* that the person is holding it gently. I ran into a hedgehog once, in Paris of all places. It had gotten trapped on the wrong side of a busy street and was trying to make its way back to the park on the other side, during rush hour traffic. Knowing that he wasn't going to make it, I tried to help. It did what hedgehogs do when I tried to lift it, and rolled into a cute little ball, like the one in the photo has done. However, what I had failed to realize in my state of compassion-inspired helpfulness is that hedgehogs are basically tiny porcupines. That stuff that looks like cute, cuddly fur in the photo is really spines, and they are WAY sharp. Since there was no way I could pick him up and carry him, I finally got him across the street by coaxing him onto my laptop, and carrying it across. I put him down and he scampered away, but not without turning around and looking at me quizzically, as if to say, "WTF was THAT?" His expression made me LOL then, and again now, remembering it. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > Baby hedgehog > > http://www.dailycuteness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cute-hedgehog.png
