Hibernation or Torpor?
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Tanya St. Pierre is Cumbria Wildlife Trusts’s ‘Planting for Pollinators’ Project Manager and fosters hedgehogs in her spare time.
Sadly, I really can't remember the last time I saw a living hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus).