Everyone knows the Sonic!
Acutally, the Sonic boy is Hedgehog!
A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to North America; those in New Zealand are introduced. Hedgehogs have changed little over the last 15 million years. Like many of the first mammals they have adapted to a nocturnal, insectivorous way of life.
Hedgehogs love to do one thing when they fell unsafe - Balling-Up. They make themselves look like a ball, and make every thorn stand up to keep other animals away. This unique hedgehog activity is made possible by the orbicularis muscle, which runs along the edges of their body. When the hedgehog is frightened it tightens this muscle, that acts like a drawstring, and it enables the hedgehog to hide its head, belly, feet and legs in a prickly coat of erect spines. Also it will happen when hedgehogs are nervous, a balled up hedgehog also may snuffle, huffle or snort.
Hedgehogs sleep during the day in any dark place they can find. In the wild, they may hide in vacated burrows from other animals, under rocks, or in thick vegetation, but they typically dig a shallow burrow of their own under some form of cover. They enter and exit their burrows headfirst so the burrows or hiding places must be large enough for the hedgehog to turn around.
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