Isn't this hedgehog looking innocent?
Well, well, well....
My friend Cattis was wondering why birds are eating all her strawberries in the garden,
even though she has put a net over them. One day, the mystery was revealed! A big, fat hedgehog
was slowly walking ON the net and methodically eating from EACH strawberry....
Every single fruit was tasted! Nothing left....
Or maybe he was eating up the snails???
My friend likes this hedgehog anyway, so
this summer she is planning to protect her strawberries in a better way, by placing
the net on some pins. Lets hope the hedgehog can not jump on....
"Time", July 17, 2000, page 16, "Numbers: 50 hedgehogs recruited
by a British organic strawberry farmer to
save his 250-ton crop from slugs". I do wonder if it worked well!