Hedgehogs

I'm really quite curious about these strange cute spiny little creatures which we called hedgehogs. These walking durians or pin cusion have a coat of spines that stick out like needles. It rolls up into a ball whenever it is threatened.Smaller than a porcupine,
these omnivores will eat anything from bugs to berries

I always want to see a real life hedgehog in person and even touch them but unfortunately for me i lived in Singapore and in Singapore, the hedgehog species does not exist.Pity.I wish the Singapore Zoological Gardens have one of these live hedgehogs put up for an exibit.I mean they got the Polar Bears and raccoons in display so why don't they have any hedgehog in captivity?I would loved to see these things in their natural habitat.Maybe they havent got enough space to put up a display.Well I read the hedgehogs all over the internet and i found out that they are Lactose intolerant that means they cannot drink or eat dairy products such as milk and cheese.
Milk isnt good for hedgehogs as they can make them sick.They are a gardener's friend as they eat pesky insects and mollusc that tried to destroy people's plants BUT at the same time they can become a pest themselves as they might eat the fruits and vegetables grown in the garden or harm the ecosystem by eating bird eggs and stuff like that.Yet i continue to marvel at these fascinating animals.

Let me ask you one question.If i say the word hedgehog,what is the first thing that comes into your mind?If you say Sonic,then you are a Sonic fan or you have played that game before or merely hear and/or recognise the name, Sonic.But if i were to went back in time lets say in the year 1985 and ask someone this question,the first thing that would come into his mind is a small spiny mammal that could roll up into a ball or he/she might not even know what that thing really is.

Yep thats rightI would have not even know the existence of hedgehog had it not been for the one particular videogame called Sonic The Hedgehog.I was young back then,around 5 years old.The year was 1993 when i first played the first Sonic game on the SEGA Megadrive.Yes,it was my late uncle who bought the game and the system for my cousin at that time and i played alongside his game alondside my cousin before my father bought me and my brothers a megadrive for us,ourselves.The sheer speed and clever game design was probably the reason why i got addicted to the game and became a Sonic Fan.But I wonder back before the year 1990s when the first Sonic game was release,does the people know the existence of hedgehogs?Of course they do it's just that the word hedgehog was not quite famous at that moment.After the release of Sonic The Hedgehog videogame, hedgehogs are never viewed the same again.

I wonder whether we could keep hedgehogs as pets?Perhaps with the strict authorities in SIngapore, it is probably NO and a thousand times NO! but i understand why we can't keep hedgehogs as pets in SIngapore.First of all,our climate is not suitable for any hedgehog species as most of them lives in the temperate countries which has four season.Secondly,a certain species of hedgehogs can bring a nasty diesease to human beings.Thirdly,hedgehogs could harm our beloved natural ecosystem if they are release into the wild whether by accident or on purpose.Lastly, hedgehog could be mistaken for a durian fruit and people might eat it by accident.Oh wait ,i'm sorry thats not the last one LOL.The last reason is that hedgehogs are prickly creatures and their sharp pointy quils might give someone a bad case of splinters especially small children who like to touch things.

So perhaps if Hedgehogs can't be kept as pets,then those Zoologist should import and breed a hedgehogs in our zoo.If the Singapore Zoo were to be world class attraction, then they should have every animals from all over the world.Oh lets not forget about the Echidnas and the pangolin.I'm sorry i havent been to the zoo for a very long time so i do not know whether they already got hedgehogs in exibit.

Well,thats all for now for my senseless blog about hedgehogs.