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By Hugh Warwick

Notice the numerous wonders of the hedgehog: a humorous, captivating creature of the geographical region. sporting its secrets and techniques underneath patterned spinesand roaming our fields, parks and gardens, why is it that the hedgehog fascinates such a lot of folks? In A Prickly Affair, Hugh Warwick - lifestyles member of the British Hedgehog renovation Society - explores the quirky humour, false impression and affection that characterises our emotions for this marvellous beast, going all out to provide an explanation for the appeal of the hedgehog. even though hedgehog psychics and the foreign Hedgehog Olympics might be an excessive amount of even for him...

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