These cute little hedgehogs are interactive. Select one and it will sing for you! (via Metafilter)

A very patient and adorable hedgehog named Max gets clean. That is all. Oh, wait, that’s not all! Max’s owner also posted a video to answer questions he received about hedgehogs as pets. Link -via Arbroath

Meet Spudina, the spineless hedgehog:

The animal was found by a member of the public in a garden in Bedford and has been named Spudlina by staff as her skin resembles that of a potato. The two year old is undergoing various tests to determine the cause of the loss of her spines and she is currently enjoying regular skin massages with a Vitamin E moisturiser

The Telegraph has the pic: Link (Photo: Jeff Moore) – via BuzzFeed and Planet Mabel

So, do you want to throw snowballs, or are you just going to look at those cute little hedgehogs on your hands? These hedgehog mittens aren’t for sale, but you can get a kit to knit them yourself! Link -via Laughing Squid

Legend has it that the Romans also believed that conditions during the first days of February were good predictors of future weather, but the empire looked to hedgehogs for their forecasts.

These two traditions melded in Germany and were brought over to the United States by German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania. Lacking hedgehogs, the German settlers substituted native groundhogs in the ritual, and Groundhog Day was born.

So have we’ve been using the wrong animal all these years? Should we instead say “Happy Hedgehog Day”? Link

(Image credit: Melissa Farlow/National Geographic)

A bald hedgehog abandoned by his mother in a garden in Norfolk is being treated at a wildlife rescue centre in a bid to encourage his spikes to grow.

Baldrick, named after the character from the television programme Blackadder, was brought to Foxy Lodge wildlife rescue centre, Great Yarmouth.

He is now being cared for by Tonia and John Garner in the hope he can be eventually released into the wild. Treatment includes antiseptic scrubs and baby oil massages.

I’d suggest a laser comb to stimulate those spike follicles, but what do I know?: Link

More cute photos of the big-eared hedgehog at Izismile – via Rue The Day

Long it has been since we last had a Caption Monkey game (sorry Adam!) I promise to be better, and thanks to Adam’s generous offer, we have an excellent prize for today’s game.

The game is simple: caption this cute "yoda"-eared hedgehog and win a custom black and white Monkey drawing by Adam "Ape Lad" Koford. Place your caption in the comment section – one caption per comment, please, though you can enter as many ones as you can think of.

So, in the immortal word of the Jedi master, may the Force be with you and good luck!

Update 6/10/09 – Adam has picked the winner! Congratulations to Mor who won with this caption: “Why did I have to choose a personal trainer who wouldn’t put me down until I finished all 50 sit-ups?!”

The staff at St. Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in the UK can’t figure out why Spud the hedgehog has lost his spines. 

He gets a warm bath and baby oil massage every day to try and heal his skin, and vets are looking for alternative medicine treatments that might solve his condition. 

But other than being spineless, Spud appears to be a perfectly normal hedgehog.

Photo by Jeff Moore

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.

When Samsung decided to use bunnies, kittens, puppies, and even a hedgehog to promote their new cell phone, what they got is this: video clips with cute factor so high it’s off the chart!

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