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posted by [identity profile] rhiannon76.livejournal.com at 10:06am on 10/06/2004
hooray for meeting your first hedgehog! pashmina is a lovely name for a hedgie. :)

mmmm, chive flowers...
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 08:48pm on 10/06/2004
She's so cute! She has a long little nose, and she's a big handful of adorableness. I can certainly understand their appeal, although, even if her stomach is soft, I think I would go for a more pettable pet. Still, I was impressed to learn that they're quite resistant to poison. Talented little creatures...
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Hurray for HedgeHogs

posted by (anonymous) at 07:11am on 11/06/2004
I also extend my congratulations on your first Hedgey h'encounter. They are eminantly scalable pets: going from Pashmina size to the 50-ft "Spiny Norman" size of Monty Python fame.

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posted by (anonymous) at 07:17am on 11/06/2004
P.S. I also believe that, like hamsters, they were originally only to be found in the British Isles. At any rate, that's where all of the HedgeHog Hospitals and Hospices are to be found (eg. "Prickly Ball HedgeHog Hospital") when you google "hedgehog hospital".

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posted by [identity profile] rhiannon76.livejournal.com at 11:00am on 11/06/2004
from what i understand, numerous species of wild hedgehogs are found throughout europe, africa, and central asia. the "african pygmy" hedgehog that is most commonly kept as a pet in north america is actually a hybrid breed of algerian (atelerix algirus) and the white-bellied (a. albiventris) hedgehogs of northern and central africa.
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 09:05am on 11/06/2004
Spiny Norman?
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posted by (anonymous) at 10:08am on 13/06/2004
"Spiny Norman?"? Don't they teach the Classics in school these days?

"Spiny Norman" was the 50 ft HedgeHog whom one of the Piranha Brothers was hallucinating (or not, it's always hard to tell in a Monty Python sketch). The Piranha Brothers were the subjects of a Monty Python "Investigative Journalism" report and were based on the actual lives of two real identical-twin gangsters whose lives were only occasionally less daft than their Python dopplegangers. Picture The Engineer and his brother as crime-lords.

To quote: "...at this time Dynsdale Piranha became increasingly erratic and convinced that he was being persecuted by a 50-foot high HedgeHog whom he called 'Spiny Norman'."

Latter on in the show, during a seemingly unrelated Terry Gilham cartoon, an enormous HedgeHog pops in from around the corner of a skyscraper. He menacingly intones "Dynsdale!" and starts chewing up the scenery.

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