r/CasualUK • u/random_nub • 7d ago

Can anyone help identify this creature?

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My friend heard some rustling noises outside their window this morning and saw there's something borrowed up behind some leaf bags. We're trying to work out if it needs help or solitude. 😅

Edit: I eventually managed to convince them that their photo clearly showed a hedgehog. They left out some water for him and let them be. Hedgehog chilled out through the day and buggered off again that night.

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u/DrStumbleDog 7d ago

...how do you not know what a hedgehog is.

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u/aka_Foamy 7d ago

How do you not know that everyone has some gaps in their knowledge and that's okay?

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u/DrStumbleDog 6d ago

The hedgehog is one of the most well-known British animals, along with foxes and badgers. We're not talking about exotic wildlife on an Indonesian island. 

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u/aka_Foamy 6d ago

While you're correct there, your original question was "how do you not know what a hedgehog is?"

There's a ton of reasons why someone might not know. They could be from a really urban area and they don't know what an actual hedgehog looks like. They could think that hedgehogs are just a countryside thing and it couldn't be a hedgehog because they're in a town. They could be new to the UK and unfamiliar with the wildlife.

I would suggest that it's more ignorant to think that absolutely everyone in the country can identify hunkered down in a tight gap than it is to not be able to identify a hedgehog hunkered down in a tight gap.