If you see hedgehogs in the wild, don't catch them at will, because the State Forestry Administration of China listed hedgehogs in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Beneficial to National Protection or of Important Economic and Scientific Research Value on August 1 2000. Therefore, they are "three-owned" protected animals in the country, and it is illegal to catch them at will.

Hedgehogs, also known as prickly balls, burrs and hedgehogs, widely inhabit various environments such as mountain forests, grasslands, reclaimed land or wasteland, bushes or grass, and hedgehogs often appear in cities. Hedgehogs usually move at dusk and at night, and usually sleep in caves during the day, feeding on insects. A hedgehog can eat 200 grams of insects in one night, which can be regarded as a beneficial animal.

life habit

Hedgehog is a very withdrawn animal. Usually, it takes digging holes as its nest, hides in the nest during the day and comes out after dusk. Hedgehogs can generally resist many kinds of poisons, but they can't resist pesticides. Sometimes they are poisoned by eating insects killed by pesticides. In general, hedgehogs will stay away from human activities and like to nest on the edge of rural wasteland or beside streams.

When the hedgehog hibernates in its nest, its body temperature drops to 6℃. At the same time, hedgehog is also the animal with the lowest body temperature in the world, breathing 1- 10 times per minute. Hedgehog's favorite hibernation places are dead branches and fallen leaves. At this time, if people burn fallen leaves, it will be the disaster of hedgehogs.