Picture of Camouflaged Hedgehog – Weird Behaviour in Winter

Picture of Camouflaged Hedgehog - Weird Behaviour in Winter

photo by suffe

 

During the winter most people think that hedgehogs go to sleep in some pile of leafs. Nothing could be further from the truth. Here is a rare photo depicting the transformation the hedgehogs go through in order to camouflage themselves during the colder months, also known as dirtification.