The Hedgehog is a Unique Creature Covered in Quills
by Owen Borville
July 9, 2020
Biology
The hedgehog is a unique creature, a small, short-legged, carnivorous mammal 5 to 12 inches long, one to 2.5 pounds, and covered with 5,000 to 7,000 spiny quills on its body that help protect it from predators like the fox. The quills are erected by muscles. These quills are not barbed and not poisonous like the porcupine quills and are not easily detached from their body as the porcupine. However, they can penetrate skin, spreading a bacteria that causes fever and rash.
These quills are made of keratin and uniquely designed to be mostly hollow on the inside, with complex air chambers that make them light but strong. Each quill falls off after about a year and a new one grows. Only a handful of animals have similar quills or spikes on their body, such as the porcupine and echidna, which makes the hedgehog and these animals unique. Each of these animals has unique differences that complicate the evolutionary tree and proclaim each a unique creation. The porcupine is a larger animal with differences in its quills and the echidna is the egg-laying mammal.
The Hedgehog is native to Europe, Africa, and Asia, while it has been introduced to New Zealand and live in a variety of habitats. The hedgehog is nocturnal, has poor eyesight that is better at night, and must rely on hearing and smell senses. Its long snout helps it find food.
Hedgehogs roll into a ball shape to protect themselves with their quills on their body. Hedgehogs dig through the hedges looking for insects and small animals, while they make pig-like sounds, which garnered their name.
Hedgehogs eat insects, particularly destructive ones, helping humans. They also eat worms, centipedes, snails, mice, frogs, and snakes. They also eat other small animals and berries. Known as a gardener's friend, the hedgehog eats many pests.
Hedgehogs are largely immune to snake venom. Evolutionists must explain this unique immunity. Only a handful of other animals are immune to snake venom.
Hedgehogs have an unusual behavior of rubbing saliva on their quills when exposed to a bad smell or taste, a behavior called "self-anointing."
Hedgehogs communicate with different sounds. They are usually loners except when the court and mate. Baby hedgehogs are born blind and their spines are soft, but get harder as they grow. Hedgehogs hibernate in the winter in cold climates.
by Owen Borville
July 9, 2020
Biology
The hedgehog is a unique creature, a small, short-legged, carnivorous mammal 5 to 12 inches long, one to 2.5 pounds, and covered with 5,000 to 7,000 spiny quills on its body that help protect it from predators like the fox. The quills are erected by muscles. These quills are not barbed and not poisonous like the porcupine quills and are not easily detached from their body as the porcupine. However, they can penetrate skin, spreading a bacteria that causes fever and rash.
These quills are made of keratin and uniquely designed to be mostly hollow on the inside, with complex air chambers that make them light but strong. Each quill falls off after about a year and a new one grows. Only a handful of animals have similar quills or spikes on their body, such as the porcupine and echidna, which makes the hedgehog and these animals unique. Each of these animals has unique differences that complicate the evolutionary tree and proclaim each a unique creation. The porcupine is a larger animal with differences in its quills and the echidna is the egg-laying mammal.
The Hedgehog is native to Europe, Africa, and Asia, while it has been introduced to New Zealand and live in a variety of habitats. The hedgehog is nocturnal, has poor eyesight that is better at night, and must rely on hearing and smell senses. Its long snout helps it find food.
Hedgehogs roll into a ball shape to protect themselves with their quills on their body. Hedgehogs dig through the hedges looking for insects and small animals, while they make pig-like sounds, which garnered their name.
Hedgehogs eat insects, particularly destructive ones, helping humans. They also eat worms, centipedes, snails, mice, frogs, and snakes. They also eat other small animals and berries. Known as a gardener's friend, the hedgehog eats many pests.
Hedgehogs are largely immune to snake venom. Evolutionists must explain this unique immunity. Only a handful of other animals are immune to snake venom.
Hedgehogs have an unusual behavior of rubbing saliva on their quills when exposed to a bad smell or taste, a behavior called "self-anointing."
Hedgehogs communicate with different sounds. They are usually loners except when the court and mate. Baby hedgehogs are born blind and their spines are soft, but get harder as they grow. Hedgehogs hibernate in the winter in cold climates.
