Hedgehog behavior and facts

• Hedgehogs are nocturnal, hunting at night for eggs, frogs, fruit, fungi, lizards, mice, snakes and insects. They eat carrion when available.
• They use their prehensile (adapted for seizing, grasping or holding) snouts to search for food, turning over leaves, sticks and other debris.
• They escape predators by running and hiding in rock crevices and under logs, or rolling into a ball and using their spines as a deterrent. Muscles under the spines cause each spine to stand erect, making the hedgehog an unpleasant bundle of pain for any persistent predator.
• They are friendly, solitary, and squeal and grunt when they are hungry, excited or afraid.
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