RSPB Spotlight: Hedgehogs<\/i> is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos, and features succinct and detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist.<\/b><\/p>\n
Much loved – but about to be lost? The Hedgehog regularly tops polls of the UK’s favourite animal, yet numbers in our countryside have halved this century. Generations of children have been captivated by Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle<\/i>, though our complex and contradictory relationship with the Hedgehog is also characterised by persecution and death. This unmistakable, spiny mammal is a ‘gardener’s best friend’, but one that we rarely see alive and in our midst.<\/p>\n
In Spotlight: Hedgehogs<\/i>, James Lowen reveals what a Hedgehog is and how it lives, unveiling the secrets of its lifestyle, such as foraging and hibernating, rolling into a ball and building a nest. He also investigates the relationship between Hedgehogs and people – from film and fun to conservation and crisps – and offers practical advice on how to find, watch and help these charming animals in the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Much loved – but about to be lost? The hedgehog was voted Britain’s favourite animal in 2013, yet numbers in the British countryside have halved this century. Generations of children have been captivated by Beatrix Potter’s ‘The tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle’ and Romans feted hedgehogs as weather prophets, yet many cultures routinely consume hedgehog meat for medicinal uses as varied as alleviating arthritis and arresting impotence. Unmistakably and uniquely, in European terms garbed in spines, this mammal is a ‘gardener’s best friend’ – yet one upon which we are rarely lucky enough to clasp eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[98],"product_tag":[27653,5167],"class_list":["post-113153","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-nat-history-popular-science","product_tag-wildlife-mammals-general-interest","product_tag-zoology-mammals","pa_book_author-lowen-james","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-599-3322-edition23","pa_imprint-bloomsbury-wildlife","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8742","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n