Hedge+Hog

Erinaceus Europaeus a.k.a. the Hedge Hog

//__**About The HedgeHog**__// The hedgehog is a nocturnal organism. It can be found in Great Britan and Europe and. Hedgehogs are brown and grey.The hedgehog short yellow tipped spikes on their backs. The tips of spikes often seem white because of the deeper blend of brown and black under the long strnds seeing their eye are so small they have poor eyesight. Naturaly their predetors are badgers and Foxes,but they often are passed on pestisides from other organisms higher up in the food chain that kill them off.

__//**Habitat**//__ The Erinaceus Europaeus lives in ares like big feilds, open woods, gardens, and little spaces they construct themselves called //Hedgerows.// Sometimes they can be found living in gardens, but that's only when they are convinced or pursuaded to come, an example being someone putting food out for them to come. When the hedgehog sleep, it slumbers in a pile of leaves sticks and soft cool dirt, something like a nest on the ground. When they find places to make these nest-like beds, they look for shade with a little bit of sunlight.In total, there are currently 14 known species of hedgehog found throughout large areas of Europe, Africa and Asia, and they have been introduced to some of the islands off the African coast, and New Zealand. There are no native species of hedgehog in Southeast Asia, Australia or North and South America.

__//**Physiology**//__ For the average hedge hog, the respitory system takes about 25 breaths per minute when resting rises to arond 50 breaths per minute while participating in exersize.During hibernation respiratory rates are reduced but there are random moments during the hybernation where the organism has sudden number of rapid breaths(40-50). "In very cold conditions.Oxygen consumption is greatly reduced during hibernation, at 5°C to only 0.5% of normal resting levels. Oxygen consumption is higher at 10°C and at -5°C than at 4-5°C" (wildlifeinformation.org).


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