[YouTube video, 00:19 long, infrared capture of hedgehogs]
Breaking news: Two hedgies! TWO! This is very exciting. I think this circling nose-dance is their mating ritual. Our daily footage examination yielded several videos, of which this is the best one, of the hedgehogs doing this in slow-motion over the course of about 45 minutes. This is the closest capture the camera got.
If it means hoglets in four weeks, I shall be over the moon.
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You need a careful mating ritual when the female could do the male serious damage with her spines is she's not very cooperative.
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Apparently the males will fight over the females, so maybe we will also catch a duel at some point!
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(I think of all European wildlife, hedgehogs are the ones I'm most envious of - we don't really have anything that fills that niche in the U.S. Porcupines are great, of course, but generally don't cutely zoom and snuffle around your backyard...)
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