Hedgehog

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Small nocturnal insect-eater covered in 5 000 sharp spines. The European hedgehog shuffles through gardens and hedgerows from Iberia to Russia, eating slugs and beetles that damage crops. When danger looms it rolls into a prickly ball, a trick that still fools many predators.

Habitat: The Hedgehog can be found in Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United-kingdom