The Ways of the Hedgehog
A Wellington horticulturist, who was much troubled with wood-lice (slaters) in his green-house, put in a hedgehog and a number of chickens to eat the insects. That night he slept with an easy mind, satisfied that the wood-lice were in for a bad time.
When he went next morning to view the results of his policy, he saw a happy hedgehog and headless chickens.
Hedgehogs are fond of the chicks of wild birds as well as domesticated kinds.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 39, 1 February 1936, Page 7
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83The Ways of the Hedgehog Forest and Bird, Issue 39, 1 February 1936, Page 7
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