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    Hedgehogs are small nocturnal mammals that are gray-brown in color with their entire back and sides covered in spikes. They grow up to 150-250 mm in length and can weigh up to 1 kg, though their weight decreases during winter hibernation. Hedgehogs were first brought to New Zealand by settlers to remind them of home and pose a threat to native species like weta, skinks, and ground-nesting birds' eggs and chicks. They defend themselves using the spikes on their back and hibernate during winter in dens under tree roots, in rabbit burrows, or other dry places.

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    Hedgehogs are small nocturnal mammals that are gray-brown in color with their entire back and sides covered in spikes. They grow up to 150-250 mm in length and can weigh up to 1 kg, though their weight decreases during winter hibernation. Hedgehogs were first brought to New Zealand by settlers to remind them of home and pose a threat to native species like weta, skinks, and ground-nesting birds' eggs and chicks. They defend themselves using the spikes on their back and hibernate during winter in dens under tree roots, in rabbit burrows, or other dry places.

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    By Reuben and Jack!!!: Hedgehogs

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    Hedgehogs are small nocturnal mammals that are gray-brown in color with their entire back and sides covered in spikes. They grow up to 150-250 mm in length and can weigh up to 1 kg, though their weight decreases during winter hibernation. Hedgehogs were first brought to New Zealand by settlers to remind them of home and pose a threat to native species like weta, skinks, and ground-nesting birds' eggs and chicks. They defend themselves using the spikes on their back and hibernate during winter in dens under tree roots, in rabbit burrows, or other dry places.

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    By reuben

    and jack!!!

    HEDGEHOGS

    APPEARANCE!!
    THE HEDGEHOG IS A SMALL NOCTURNAL MAMMAL
    ,GREY-BROWN IN COLOUR WITH ITS BACK AND SIDES
    ENTIRLY WITH SPIKES. THEY ARE 150-250 MM IN
    OVERALL BODY LENGTH AND REACH A MAXIMUM OF
    AROUND 1KG BUT THEIR WEIGHT CAN DROP
    DRAMTICALLY DURING WINTER HIBERNATION. THOUGH
    MALES TEND TO BE SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN FEMALES
    THE DIFFERENCE IN SIZE AND WEIGHT IS NOT OBVIOUS.

    Interesting facts.
    Hedgehogs were fist brought to
    NZ to remind settlers of there
    homeland.
    Most hedgehogs grow up to 150
    250 mm long and are brown
    and grey in colour.
    The name hedgehog was bought
    in to use around year 1450.
    The spikes on the hedgehogs
    back are used for defence.

    Chillin
    g

    How are they a threat to us.


    Hedgehogs pose a threat to our native weta,skinks and the eggs
    and chicks of ground nesting birds.

    D.O.C WORKS
    In mid 2009, doc included hedgehogs in a pest
    eradication programme on rangitoto and motutapu
    islands in the hauraki gulf.

    BEHAVIOUR
    In winter, hedgehogs hibernate. Winter dens are under
    tree roots or deep dry litter. In rabbit burrows or other
    dry places.

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