availles limousine

A cute baby hedgehog

@JudyEv (376128)

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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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (322542)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

16h

It's adorable.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (322542)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

3h

@JudyEv I would be too.

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@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

I was as tickled pink as the little girl was.

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@DaddyEvil (170939)

• 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 (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

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 (34438)

• United Kingdom

8h

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

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@snowy22315 (205414)

• United States

18h

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 (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

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 (84521)

• United States

23h

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 (84521)

• United States

1h

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

@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

They're not native there though, are they?

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@wolfgirl569 (132066)

• Marion, Ohio

15h

They are very cute

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@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

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

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@rakski (150846)

• Philippines

17h

Very cute indeed. We don't have that here

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@rakski (150846)

• Philippines

7h

@JudyEv nice! I hope I can see one too

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@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

This was the first live one I'd seen.

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@shaggin (74943)

• United States

19h

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 (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

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

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@LadyDuck (497117)

• Italy

3h

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 (497117)

• Italy

1h

@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".

@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

1h

I would have loved hearing them eating the cat food.

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@RasmaSandra (95919)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

17h

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

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@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

They seem very harmless but quite vulnerable.

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@xFiacre (14451)

• Ireland

22h

@JudyEv Quel joli hérisson.

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@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

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 (17318)

• Torrington, Connecticut

3h

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

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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (17318)

• Torrington, Connecticut

1h

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

@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

1h

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 (50629)

• Staten Island, New York

23h

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

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@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

This was my first time.

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@LooeyVille (62)

• United States

23h

I'd like to hold one.

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@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

8h

This little one was very sweet.

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2h

She look so happy, how adorable.

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@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

1h

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

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49m

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

@Shiva49 (28077)

• Singapore

1h

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.

@LindaOHio (217836)

• United States

7h

I think hedgehogs are adorable.

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@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

5h

They're very sweet and so harmless.