Happy HEDGEHOG Day

That's right I said hedgehog.
Hedgehog Day began in Roman times as part of the festival of Februa. The Romans observed that hedgehogs hibernate and originated the myth that if a hedgehog comes out of its nest on Feb. 2 and sees its shadow it means there is a clear moon ( which means cold weather) and six more weeks of winter will follow. When European settlers came to North America there were no hedgehogs so they chose the ground hog. Groundhogs are daytime animals so moonlight was replaced with sunshine. So if the ground hog comes out of his burrow and sees his shadow from the sun it means six more weeks of winter.

This morning I took my two hedgies out to look for their shadow. They reported back to me that there was none and then pointed out the fact that it was only 7:15 and the sun had not yet cleared the neighbors roof. They also complained that there was on Paparazzi to photograph them like there is for that upstart in Pennsylvania. With their yearly 5 minutes of work over I put them back in their home, gave them a treat and headed off to work myself.

http://www.rathergood.com/hedgehogs/



(nsfw)

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