The hedgehog defence

A well-meaning animal lover came across a poorly, starving hedgehog, supposedly too thin to survive the fast of hibernation.

So the kind-hearted rescuer fed the scraggy thing on cat food – by the bowlful.

The poor animal soon became little no more, weighing in at a hefty 4 lbs, too fat to roll itself into a ball.

So the one thing that the hedgehog knew – its surefire method of defence against predators - became of no use at all.

All because it did not know that greed is bad.