Outbros, please tell me hedgehogs have some natural predator that does this.
I went on a stroll through the local cemetery at three am, just something I do once in a while. Somewhere around the deepest parts, I was scanning the graves and other architecture around me with my flashlight. Suddenly, I heard a buzzing-like sound in front of me, and I turned the light toward the road, seeing nothing I then pointed it closer toward my feet. On the ground lay an adult hedgehog, which isn't an unusual sight in such a place, except for it had something red under it. At first I thought it was just some autumn leaf, but on closer inspection I was clear it was a puddle of blood, which was flowing out of it's throat. It was still alive, but dying and gasping for air. Reflexively I didn't want to disturb it and started walking the other way. After maybe 10 seconds of walking I notice another hedgehog, this time in the grass. This one had also had it's throat mutilated not long ago, and now I started think about what could have done this. What animals even hunt hedgehogs, let alone in such a fashion, without eating them, for fun? I stood there for a while, and calculated the possible implications of this. I saw it best to turn off the flashlight and head swiftly for the nearest gate. On the way out I saw one more lump on the road, but I didn't care to check if it was animal or what.
I exit the place and go home.
Well that's weird. But being that it was at night my guess would be a badger. Thats a shame, hedgehogs are in a decline.
Maybe, but I haven't seen any badgers around there, though I've seen many other animals. Owls and the like would probably eat the things. Foxes like to play with their food I guess so maybe that.
Dude that could've been anything. Wild dogs, coyotes, a mean tomcat. Certainly wouldn't stress about it.
Now if you start finding mutilated cows...
none of those exist here so no.
Wild dogs don't exist there? Where do you live, Antarctica?
Were they clean cuts?
Cats are kinda dicks and theyd go for the throat probably. Id guess feral housecats
Don’t you remember? You killed them all! Smiled as you teared their throats and left them squirming.
One time I saw a hedgehog on a busy road so picked it up. I cupped my hands around it’s body and it’s bristles weren’t even that sharp, was actually a very pleasant sensation. Left it in some tall grass. Was walking by that area a few hours later and the hedgehog was in a bush on a much quieter street. Very cute and timid creatures.
Hedgehogs are timid and will not resist if you pick them up (at least the one I picked up didn’t. This was in England I don’t know if there’s variation). If you see it happen again then maybe pick them up and get help or try to help them yourself.
You'll never stop me, OP! MWUHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
I'm sorry about OP's hedgehogs but fricking kek
I assume you're in the UK.
Badgers are the main predators of hedgehogs.
It's left them there because it can only carry one at a time. It will come back for the others.
Some boomer used to set his little homosexual terrier on them around here.
>At last I finally got rid of that blasted hedgehog once and for all muhahahahahahahahahahah.
Some c**t cat owned by a feminist s0yb0y who claims to be a nature living environmentalist.