By KaMauri and Elaina Hedgehogs are mammals They are nocturnal and can swim fairly well Where Hedgehogs Live The shading shows where hedgehogs live The darker the color the greater the number of species ID: 482633
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Slide1
Hedgehogs
By
Ka’Mauri
and
ElainaSlide2
Hedgehogs are mammals. They are nocturnal and can swim fairly well.Slide3
Where Hedgehogs Live
The shading
shows where hedgehogs live. The
darker the
color
the greater the number of species
. Hedgehogs live in Asia, Europe, Africa and New Zealand.Slide4
What Hedgehogs Eat
Hedgehogs eat
insects, snails
, mice, worms,
frogs
and
snakes. They
a
lso eat vegetables,
mealworms and crickets. Slide5
Self Defense
When hedgehogs feel threatened, they roll up into a ball with only their spines sticking out.
If a hedgehog is dropped into water, it must unroll to survive. At this time, the hedgehog is at its weakest. It can be attacked easily.
If an animal bites into a hedgehog while it is rolled up, the spines stick into the animal’s skin.Slide6
Facts A
bout Hedgehogs
There are 5 kinds of hedgehog:
European Hedgehogs,
Algerian Hedgehogs,
African Hedgehogs,
Tenrecs
and
Long-Eared Hedgehogs.
Hedgehogs hibernate in the winter. They do this to conserve energy when food is scarce.Slide7
Baby Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs can have between 2 and 7 babies at a time. They usually have 4 or 5 in a litter.
Tenrecs can have up to 32 babies at a time!
The desert hedgehog has young only once a year.
The babies are born blind, pink and helpless.
When they are 3 weeks old, the mother leads the family out of the nest each night to look for food.
The young become independent at about 4 to 6 weeks of age. The family then splits up and each one lives on its own.Slide8
Resources
Encyclopedia of Mammals
by Marshall Cavendish, Volume 7 (Ham-Hye) pages 964-989. Copyright date 1994.
The Sierra Club Book of Small Mammals
,
Sierra Club Books for
Children, pages 27-29. Copyright date 1993.
Moles and Hedgehogs What They Have in Common
by Sara Swan Miller, pages 24-25. Copyright
date 2001.