availles limousine

A cute baby hedgehog

@JudyEv (381815)

Rockingham, Australia

March 31, 2026 10:23am CST

When we were in France and staying in a caravan park in Availles-Limousine in our motor-home, a little girl found a baby hedgehog that seemed to be lost. The little girl was very intrigued with it and her expressions changed by the minute as she held it. Her mother seemed to know about hedgehogs and placed in a secluded place where hopefully the mother would find it. Like most young creatures, it was very cute. There are no hedgehogs in Australia but we have the spiny anteater or echidna which would be the nearest thing to a hedgehog.

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@DaddyEvil (174231)

• United States

31 Mar

The little girl is cute in your photos.

I think the closest thing we have here are the little ground squirrels/chipmonks. They're really cute but it's better to keep your distance. It's okay to feed them but just scatter the food on the ground and then move away so you don't scare them. They will bite!

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

As far as I know, the only protection hedgehogs have is to roll in a ball. Perhaps @Fleura will tune in and tell us or @xFiacre. Or @RonRybs. I think he had one in his garden at one time.

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@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

1 Apr

@JudyEv You're right, rolling up is their only defence, which doesn't work well against traffic, sadly.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

5 Apr

@JudyEv I agree with @JudyEv they mostly roll up and wait for danger to leave. Over here it is foxes, maybe the odd dog

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

1 Apr

It's adorable.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

I was as tickled pink as the little girl was.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

1 Apr

@JudyEv I would be too.

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@snowy22315 (208746)

• United States

31 Mar

It is really adorable. I was just watching a clip the other day of some people helping a little hedgehog that was in the water. It climbed up onto a broom, and they were able to lift it out of the water.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

That's good the hedgehog had enough sense to climb on the broom. I hope this one's mother found it.

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@FourWalls (86575)

• United States

31 Mar

A friend of mine, a retired professor at Tennessee Tech, had a hedgehog as a pet once upon a time. They are quite cute!

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@FourWalls (86575)

• United States

1 Apr

@JudyEv — they are not, although there is evidence for a now-extinct species of hedgehog once being native to North America.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

They're not native there though, are they?

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Apr

@FourWalls And they've discovered the remains of Tasmanian devils in South Australia too - and a prehistoric wombat in caves in our state.

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@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

1 Apr

They are very cute

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

Almost all baby creatures are cute - except for birds with googly eyes and no feathers.

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@rakski (156249)

• Philippines

31 Mar

Very cute indeed. We don't have that here

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@rakski (156249)

• Philippines

1 Apr

@JudyEv nice! I hope I can see one too

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

This was the first live one I'd seen.

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@shaggin (74988)

• United States

31 Mar

We don’t have them wild here either and aren’t allowed to own them in our state for some reason.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

That seems a bit strange. They are not the sort of creature that could really become a nuisance.

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@LadyDuck (502195)

• Italy

1 Apr

We had those cute little creatures in the garden in Switzerland. When I kept the windows of the bedroom open during summer, I heard them chewing the dry cat food in the bowl downstairs.

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@LadyDuck (502195)

• Italy

1 Apr

@JudyEv - They also hiss loudly during the night. The first night I thought it was a snake, I got the torch and checked and it was the hedge hog. Later it came to my mind my Grandfather who used to say "he hiss like a hedgehog".

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

I would have loved hearing them eating the cat food.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Apr

@LadyDuck I didn't know that about them. As far as I know our echidnas don't really m ake a noise apart from snuffling as they gobble up ants.

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@RasmaSandra (97912)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Mar

That is a cute one, We had one for a while in our garden in Latvia,

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

They seem very harmless but quite vulnerable.

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@xFiacre (14783)

• Ireland

31 Mar

@JudyEv Quel joli hérisson.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

Indeed. Trés joli. Do they have any way of protecting themselves other than rolling in a ball? We have a Heirisson Island in the middle of Perth and apparently named after a French midshipman. Spelt differently I know but similar.

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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18025)

• Torrington, Connecticut

1 Apr

Adorable! I always thought they were cute btu also scared of their spikes

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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18025)

• Torrington, Connecticut

1 Apr

@JudyEv No just a crazy dog lol, I always wanted a bearded dragon though

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Apr

@BACONSTRIPSXXX Sorry. I meant in the USA. I can't think what it's called but maybe it's Africa I'm thinking of. No doubt the answer will come at about 2am in the morning. I swear the little search engine in my brain never sleeps! lol

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

Yes, I wouldn't want to pick one up without gloves. You have a spiky creature too, don't you?

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@lovebuglena (52144)

• Staten Island, New York

31 Mar

Hedgehogs are cute. Don’t remember if I’ve seen one in person.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

This was my first time.

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@valherma00 (3739)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

2 Apr

i saw them in september of last year and it wasn't alive, sadly but, yeah, we have them. they are a sign of an autumn, i feel.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Apr

I think they hibernate during the cold weather.

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@valherma00 (3739)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

4 Apr

@JudyEv they do though, maybe animals are affected since winters are getting mild.

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@Jehanne (1836)

• Philippines

1 Apr

She look so happy, how adorable.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

She was very intrigued with the hedgehog and held it very gently.

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@Jehanne (1836)

• Philippines

1 Apr

@JudyEv it does showed. While me is too afraid to even touch it. So mostly, I admire it by just staring closely.

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@AmbiePam (120547)

• United States

7 Apr

I love hedgehogs. In high school, we had a bunch of college kids start coming to our church. It was hard to remember all of their names, but one guy’s hair looked just like a hedgehog. That ended up being what we referred to him when he came up in conversation. To this day, I don’t remember his name, but I know what his nickname was.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr

We've done that too from time to time. Given a nickname to people whose real name we couldn't remember.

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@Shiva49 (28366)

• Singapore

1 Apr

Children are thrilled by the wonders of nature but we tend to get used to it over time - does not elicit the same excitement in us. Very nice picture.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Apr

That's very true and that's why I like it when we can take children with us to experience new things. You catch a bit of their sense of wonder.

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@LindaOHio (222288)

• United States

1 Apr

I think hedgehogs are adorable.

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@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Apr

They're very sweet and so harmless.

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