Does hedgehog sleep in winter?

Hedgehogs need to hibernate. Hedgehog is an animal with different temperatures, so it can't adjust its temperature stably. In the cold winter, the hedgehog will hibernate because it wants to keep warm. Hedgehogs like to hibernate among litter. In late autumn, they will build a hibernating nest with twigs and weeds, so as to keep the temperature of the nest. When the hedgehog enters hibernation, its body temperature will drop to about 9 degrees, and it breathes about 1- 10 times per minute. The hibernating hedgehog wakes up occasionally.

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Hedgehogs live in mountains, hills, plains, farmland, and are also active in suburban rural vegetable gardens. They use sharp claws to dig caves under roots, cracks and dead wood, which are covered with hay, branches and leaves.

Vision is degraded, but the sense of smell and hearing is very sensitive. This structure makes hedgehogs suitable for hunting at night. It is a large insect-eating animal, and its food includes earthworms, insects, snails, frogs, small snakes, lizards and mice. I also eat the roots, stems and fruits of plants, especially cockroaches, and I can swallow poisonous moths into my stomach. I am also very resistant to poisonous snakes, and I can swallow small snakes.

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