c/weirdnews · by oleorun@real.lemmy.fan · 2yRescued 'baby hedgehog' turns out to be a pom pom from a hat https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/03/27/Lower-Moss-Wood-Wildlife-Hospital-hedgehog-pom/5771711571646/82 points · 3 comments · view on lemmy.world
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SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Were they able to save it?
DoctorSpocktopus@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 2y
Sadly, the original hat had long since abandoned the pompom, and it is unlikely to survive otherwise.
oleorun@real.lemmy.fan · 4 pts · 2y
This particular species of hat, Nogginus warmus, is able to shed its pom in times of danger. A new one will grow in its place soon after.