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Young Hedgehog FRiend in New Zealand

15/1/2023

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Recently when I was struggling with my mental health, I decided to go for a walk to a pretty rugged reserve near home. It was an overcast evening. I saw a very small hedgehog walking along the path. I have never seen a hedgehog that small before in the entire five decades of my life. 

This was my clearest photo:
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I quickly walked back home to get my camera. The little hedgehog had walked quite some distance but was still by the path but hiding in some grass. I walked away then very quietly walked closer and waited. It came out of the grass and I filmed some snippets plus took photos from over a metre away. It even walked toward me, less than a foot (around 30cm) away from the camera. 

It was such a lovely experience to have a little hedgehog friend.

Apparently a hedgehog of that size (approx than 3 inches or 8cm long) is around 2 months old and called a hoglet. Hedgehogs were introduced to New Zealand (by the English, I think).

This photo gives more an idea of scale. Was less than a third of the size of an adult hedgehog. There was still enough light to take some photos and video.
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The video clip compliation has all video I took, in sequence. It seems to be quite popular. Seems it's uncommon to see a juvenille hedgehog in the wild.
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    Xanthe

    Two of my interests are continually improving my fitness and my creative pursuits (including writing, photography, art). I especially enjoy taking photos of birds (with my amateur camera).

    I am trying not to appear in this blog (videos or photos of myself), other than as my words and other expression (art, nature photography). 

    Above is one of my paintings, Phoenix Kereru.

    I live in New Zealand.

    I have disabilities including a mood disorder and mental injury from trauma. 

    I don't want the focus of this blog to be about that. If you are interested in those aspects of my journey, see bipolarcourage.com

    Disclaimer: the author of this blog is not an expert by profession and her opinions should not be taken as expert advice.

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