Hedgehogs are small nocturnal animals found throughout the old world. There are nearly twenty different hedgehog species. These little critters can live in a variety of habitats and spend their days sleeping in burrows. At night, hedgehogs can travel far and wide in search of meals ranging from centipedes to scorpions! They're generally solitary creatures, but mama hedgehogs do travel with their babies for a few weeks out of the year before leaving them forever. Scientific Name: Subfamily - Erinaceinae Range: Africa, Asia, and Europe (introduced outside of these areas) Size: 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30.5cm) in length; 0.5 to 3.5 pounds (226 to 1,587g) in weight Diet: primarily insectivores, also eat mushrooms and fruit Lifespan: 3+ years You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: mrstanlez - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS0EaLAIGTU Holy Swan Oracle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w50GBDAA34 Erizoo Mexico - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFtxVBnGqyM Credits via Flickr: Tero Laakso - https://www.flickr.com/photos/talaakso/34857665823; https://www.flickr.com/photos/talaakso/35085013844 Charlie - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bakaotaku/6429660039** Credits via Wiki Users: Atoly - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%87%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%B1%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9.webm Juandev - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Je%C5%BEek_na_h%C5%99bitov%C4%9B_(007).ogv; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Je%C5%BEek_na_h%C5%99bitov%C4%9B_(002).ogv Calle Eklund/V-wolf - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Erinaceus_europaeus_calling.ogv Shah Jahan - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandt%27s_Hedgehog.jpg Other attributions: tinyworlds - https://vimeo.com/128634769 Daniel Deruytere - https://vimeo.com/168314422 Vesa Linja-aho - https://vimeo.com/13802970 Colin Jackson - https://vimeo.com/28098151 Rose Dlhopolsky - https://vimeo.com/183000015 Aljoscha Marcel Everding - https://vimeo.com/50227096 Entwined Cinema - https://vimeo.com/70245660 TLZ - https://vimeo.com/1250735 Websites used for research collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXpBzDb098 https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=633423#null https://books.google.com/books?id=F23lAgAAQBAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=sgQsHR-WnTUC https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Erinaceidae https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/hedgehog https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/22-things-you-didnt-know-about-hedgehogs This video is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)*. *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles
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