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I have had to concede that despite writing a book on hedgehogs – the world of hedgehogs does not stay still – and since it was finished, well there has been so much more to put into it … My personal favourite has to be the Stonehenge hedgehog (which inevitably became known as the Stonehenge-hog). Amazingly, a dear friend, Olaf Bayer, was working on the dig at Stonehenge when the small chalk hedgehog was found and he sent me a message … Though he did point out, unlike most of the media, that it has yet to be dated and could be far newer, as it comes from a disturbed trench… But I like to think that this is evidence of hedgehogs being important to people 3000 years ago. The hedgehog was found in conjunction with the skeleton of a three-year old – evidence, perhaps, of the child being buried with a favourite toy. |
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