I didn't think that hedgehogs and moles were
closely related. We do not have
hedgehogs in the USA, to the best
of my knowledge (hedgehogs are not
like prairie dogs, either).
I've never seen one, but I understand that
hedgehogs at least look like little
porcupines, and are prickly like porcupines.
http://www.hedgehogclub.com/
Hedgehogs and moles I believe illustrate
both sides of the fundamental law of
nature: the fittest survive the worst; the best
need favorable conditions.
Who knows? Maybe moles could survive
a thermonuclear holocaust if they were
not physically crushed or vaporized by the
initial explosion?
Hedgehogs, on the other hand, I believe are
high-frequency British road kill.
(I forget his name, but when the general
who was head of British Bomber command during
WWII was once flagged down on the road by a
cop for driving dangerously, and the
cop warned him he might kill somebody the
way he was driving, he explained to the
cop that he killed thousands of people every day.)
\brad mccormick
Karen Watters Cole wrote:
>
> I should add that moles and hedgehogs might do beneficial work somewhere in
> the food chain, but I have not seen it.
>
> Locally, the people at Metro Parks have brought in a herd of goats to clear
> a hillside above the Willamette River of its wild blackberry and ivy growth.
> The summers of forest fires has enlightened urban parks to the peril of
> downtown hillsides covered in dry noxious weeds perilous to neighborhoods.
> They expect the herd, rotating on and off in groups of 200 or so, to munch
> off the noxious weeds in two days, all without the use of chemicals or
> equipment that would have run off into the river or damaged the slope,
> respectively.
>
> This solution is a welcome reprieve for the neighbors who otherwise would
> have heard the engines of mowers instead of the bleating of happy goats.
> The news report added that their sharp little hoofs turn and aerate the
> topsoil and they benevolently leave behind small deposits of randomly
> distributed organic fertilizer.
>
> Hurrah!
>
> Karen
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