Yeah despite people knowing it's not true the depiction seems to hold in kid's media, so as a kid I picked it up as something I thought was real for a while
Depending on your country hedgehogs are having a very bad time right now and might go extinct next. You can research on the internet how you can slow down or stop the process.
I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to finding in research, but we installed a little hedgehog house in our garden and give them some (specialized) food when we see them.
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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 49 pts · 34d
Interesting. I've seen this stereotype retained in cartoons
This is Czechoslovak Little Mole from 1970
ChristerMLB@piefed.social · 18 pts · 34d
Krtek! This was on Norwegian children's TV when I was little :)
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 32d
Yes! I've heard Krtek is also popular abroad :)
Hismama@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 32d
There's one in a Russian cartoon as well "Sack of Apples". Very interesting it's through different cultures.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 39 pts · 34d
When I was a kid and drew or modeled a hedgehog I always used to put fruit on it because it was depicted like that a lot :3
FiskFisk33@startrek.website · 29 pts · 34d
...hmmm
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 19 pts · 34d
Yeah despite people knowing it's not true the depiction seems to hold in kid's media, so as a kid I picked it up as something I thought was real for a while
Either that or im a vampire or a lich =w=
Hellvampire@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 33d
I'm suspicious of your last statement in combination with your name🤨🦇
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 9 pts · 33d
Drats foiled again! And by another vampire no less! haha :3
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 33d
I didn’t know Keanu used lemmy!
Impractical_Island@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
When I was a kid we got hedgehogs but they died so my dad froze them, took their spines out and fed them to his snakes.
Impractical_Island@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
He would thaw them in hot water to heat them up to get the snakes to strike them. He just kept them frozen so they didn't go bad
tyler@programming.dev · 10 pts · 34d
I want this to be true so bad but I’m way too tired to research it right now
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 34d
https://fabulousfolklore.substack.com/p/hedgehogs-in-folklore-witches-familiars
Best I found, it mentions the fruit but it's a lot more modern, I think it makes it plausible for the myth to be older.
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 33d
Depending on your country hedgehogs are having a very bad time right now and might go extinct next. You can research on the internet how you can slow down or stop the process.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 32d
Nope, there's like two fucking in my backyard right now.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 33d
I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to finding in research, but we installed a little hedgehog house in our garden and give them some (specialized) food when we see them.
Foxer@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 33d
This confirms my long held belief that hedgehogs would be fun at parties. They'd be like little mobile snack trays
sober_monk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 33d
IIRC instead, they smear shit on their backs.
Willy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 32d
Oh. Is that where the term “hedgehogging” got its origin?
sober_monk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 32d
I don't know what you're referring to and I'm not sure I want to google it lol
OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 32d
Natural Habitat Shorts did a really cute animation about this
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 32d
https://lifeinvelvet.com/cheese-and-pineapple-hedgehogs/
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 1 pts · 33d
How do these little guys scurry through thick hedges and not get stuck all the time?
MBech@feddit.dk · 4 pts · 33d
The spikes are all pointed backwards.