When I was reading Brother Cadfael novels, Ellis Peters would refer to them as “urchins”. Which took me a moment to figure out, even when she said “The urchins were snug in their hedges.” Once I did, I realized why we call sea urchins that.
whheydtsays
Re: Trebuchet @ #6…
There is also a food item called an “urchin” which has slivered almonds stuck in all over the outside. Karen Anderson used to make them.
rinnsays
Apparently, the signalling molecule was not named after them:
Robert Riddle, a postdoctoral fellow working in Dr. Tabin’s lab, detected what proved to be the most fascinating hedgehog gene of all, he rebeled against the system and decided to call the gene Sonic hedgehog, after a character in a Sega computer game. http://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/11/science/a-gene-named-sonic.html
Lady Mondegreensays
The babies are called hoglets.
Lady Mondegreensays
“Would not want to go through a breech birth there, no ma’am.” –Monette Richards
Tethyssays
My first thought involved the mechanics of hedgehog birth. My second thought was OMG, squeeeee, look at the tiny little toes and ears and wrinkles!
Thumper: Who Presents Boxes Which Are Not Openedsays
*squeeeeeee!*
Although, in the interest of balance, it must be pointed out that the flap of skin on the face of the right-hand hoglet looks disturbingly similar to a foreskin.
Truly.
God™ cannot be scruted.
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srsly
what was Xe thinking?
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also
*sqeeee*
Pretty sure the signalling molecule was named after them.
Also: SQUEEEEE~!!!!! HEDGIES!!!!!
Double squeee! And thanks for giving me something interesting to look up.
srsly
The wee babbies haven’t got eyes but they have EAT ME AND REGRET IT!!!
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wait
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how does Darwininanity explain this?
So young and already Buggery proof
When I was reading Brother Cadfael novels, Ellis Peters would refer to them as “urchins”. Which took me a moment to figure out, even when she said “The urchins were snug in their hedges.” Once I did, I realized why we call sea urchins that.
Re: Trebuchet @ #6…
There is also a food item called an “urchin” which has slivered almonds stuck in all over the outside. Karen Anderson used to make them.
Apparently, the signalling molecule was not named after them:
Robert Riddle, a postdoctoral fellow working in Dr. Tabin’s lab, detected what proved to be the most fascinating hedgehog gene of all, he rebeled against the system and decided to call the gene Sonic hedgehog, after a character in a Sega computer game.
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/11/science/a-gene-named-sonic.html
The babies are called hoglets.
“Would not want to go through a breech birth there, no ma’am.” –Monette Richards
My first thought involved the mechanics of hedgehog birth. My second thought was OMG, squeeeee, look at the tiny little toes and ears and wrinkles!
*squeeeeeee!*
Although, in the interest of balance, it must be pointed out that the flap of skin on the face of the right-hand hoglet looks disturbingly similar to a foreskin.