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The Hedgehog Program is field researching!

The Hedgehog Program is field researching!

As of tonight, The Hedgehog Program will be doing field research in the village of Pesse in The Netherlands. This means that the website will be online and the courses...
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Start of a new season!

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Sonic Hedgehog Gene

Sonic Hedgehog Gene

These days you will find that every second hedgehog is called Sonic. Mostly people naming their hedgehogs Sonic, in reference to the movie Sonic the Hedgehog. But where does it...
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Hedgehogs

Diabetes mellitis and captive hedgehogs

Diabetes mellitis and captive hedgehogs

Diabetes is quite common in hedgehogs, although it is a diagnosis that is often overlooked. A clear indication is when a hedgehog drinks a lot, but there are more signals....
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Pop-off Syndrome

Tenrecs

The sound of quills!

The sound of quills!

Weird, wonderfull and true! The Lowland-Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) is the only mammal with sounding quills. They are one of Madagascar’s fascinating animals that inhabits the islands tropical lowland forest...
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Biology 101: Coprophagia and geophagia

Biology 101: Coprophagia and geophagia

When you work with animals, you know that a varying diet can be hard to maintain. A lot of animals eat plants, fungi, other animals and also insects. In captivity,...
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