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| Save the hedgehog |
Such
a slogan was advanced in a local educational centre British School in Roslavl,
Russia a few months ago. Let’s try to explain what it means and why it is
important to save hedgehogs.
Hedgehogs
As
you know, some hedgehogs live in the forest and gardens in the countryside.
They come out mostly at night as they are nocturnal mammals. However, it is
possible to catch a look of a cute wandering hedgehog in the daytime as well. Their
coats are thick and spiny.
Spines, hedgehog's location
Do you know how long one spine lasts?
For a year or
so, then it drops thus giving a place to its replacement.
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| a hedgehog in the forest, Russia |
What does a hedgehog
do to protect itself from the predators such as a fox? Right, they curl up into
a spiny ball. Hedgehogs need plenty of space to explore, unfortunately, because
of this hedgehog’s travelling spirit they are often run over by passing cars.
Hedgehogs and litter
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| hedgehog in the forest |
Due to litter in some areas they get stuck in cans or inside other human-made
things that certainly causes lethal outcome. To make things worse unapproved landfills
full of left run down batteries poison the soil which might have given food to
these tiny spiny creatures. As a result, people give hedgehogs, field mice and
other animals no choice to survive. When do people realize that all flora and
fauna we have nowadays belongs to a great heritage that must be carefully saved?
The chemicals in batteries
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| Save the hedgehog! |
The
right way of recycling batteries is one way out of this tragic situation. Of
course, illegal landfills mustn’t exist at all. On the other hand, as long as
ignorant people live this side of the coin will look always rotten. Because of
the chemicals in batteries, rechargeable, lithium, lithium ion and zinc air batteries
should be recycled.
Saving
species is a way not to extinct ourselves.
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