WEIRD MEDIEVAL ANIMALS - Hedgehog


	WEIRD MEDIEVAL ANIMALS - Hedgehog

CarnivalBorn

10-8-2007 10:13 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6520e79b-2ea4-4d46-ae91-4b44321d0b2f/EAB3F60B-57E5-4146-B5B9-E6D7FE93F066/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html" href="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html" style="font-size: 11px;">peromniasaecula.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html">Now, you may be thinking,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html">the hedgehog is a completely run-of-the-mill, albeit incredibly cute, modern animal.  What are you talking about here</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html">But take a look at this picture:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/img/532C14BF-BCFC-4BDF-A73A-C2A2852A1A61" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html"><DIV>What's all over that hedgehog's back?  Let's find out at <A href="http://www.bestiary.ca/">www.bestiary.ca</A>:</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html"><DIV><EM>The hedgehog has the appearance of a young pig, but is entirely covered with sharp spines or quills, which protect it from danger. When it is time for the harvest, the hedgehog goes into a vineyard, and climbing up a vine, shakes the grapes off onto the ground. It then rolls around on the fallen grapes to spear them with its quills, so it can carry the fruit home to feed its young. (Some say that the fruit the hedgehog carries away is the apple or fig.)</EM></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/img/14264B2D-169A-4713-BA55-5CA98C230FC1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://peromniasaecula.blogspot.com/2007/10/rejoice-jubilate-celebrate.html">Clearly the hedgehog has tragically devolved since the Middle Ages.  It is far less adventurous and resourceful now, and usually spends its time mistaking <A href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=478026&in_page_id=1">hairbrushes for its mother</A>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EAB3F60B-57E5-4146-B5B9-E6D7FE93F066/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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