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When you think of a hedgehog, you might imagine them using their unique defense mechanism: curling into a tight, spiky ball. Hedgehogs have honed this survival strategy over many thousands of years, ...

Hedgehogs have up to 5000 short, yellow-tipped spines can cover their upper body, offering protection from predators. If they're disturbed they'll roll up into a ball so their soft underside is ...

Hedgehogs are often equated with rodents due to their similar size and body build. But unlike rats and mice, hedgehogs do not naturally adapt to the use of a water bottle in their enclosure.

Inhibiting the sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway strongly perturbs feather development in chickens by restricting feather bud ...