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British Homeowners Build a 'Superhighway' for Hedgehogs

72 points by juanplusjuan 11y ago

danvoell 11y ago
Not to downplay the advancement of humans, but the squirrels on our block created a "Superhighway" between garages, fences and garbage cans. Every garbage receptacle on our block has a hole in it, created by squirrels. We regularly watch them eat lunch on top of our garbage can.
- dghughes 11y ago
  My parent's cat catches birds and mice not often but more often than not as cats will do. But she is absolutely baffled by squirrels who seem psychotic or at the very least capable of being in multiple places at once. They seem to jump and in mid-flight change their mind and direction as if to defy the laws of physics. Cats are predators used to patterns and predictability so I wonder if that's a squirrels defense to be absolutely unpredictable, and bonkers. edit: And I'm disappointed the story didn't have more of a tech twist like using an Arduino or Raspberry Pi on each hole to track the movement of the hedgehogs.
brink2death 11y ago
Gotta go fast!
bitwize 11y ago
I hear "superhighway for hedgehogs" and I think of this: http://www.serebii.net/ssbb/stages/greenhillzone.jpg http://www.serebii.net/ssbb/stages/greenhillzone.jpg I know I'm a dork.
lazyant 11y ago
A bit disappointed that "superhighway" means making a few small holes in you fence.
- dang 11y ago
  Alright, we've put some quotes in there for you.
- FreakyT 11y ago
  Same, I was hoping to see a picture of some kind of grade-separated hedgehog corridor with on/off ramps.
  - jballanc 11y ago
    Something like this: https://www.google.com.tr/search?tbm=isch&q=wildlife+overpass https://www.google.com.tr/search?tbm=isch&q=wildlife+overpas...
    - joe5150 11y ago
      We've got these in the area: http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/research_maintain_sheep.shtml http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/research_maintain_sheep.shtml
pvaldes 11y ago
(...And then, they came and ate the slugs from my garden, muahaha!) Meanwhile, in Oslo... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdi2AXC9c9Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdi2AXC9c9Q
monk_e_boy 11y ago
They make a lot of noise, grunting and snuffling along.
kalsk 11y ago
I MUST MOVE AT AN ACCELERATED PACE.
minimaxir 11y ago
For those who are very confused by the comments on this submission: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gotta-go-fast http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gotta-go-fast
blobbers 11y ago
Great fence hack. Wish there was something similar for humans. Keep bumping into the darn things.
- jdmichal 11y ago
  I think they call the hack for that "freerunning".
philk10 11y ago
Is this so they can get away from the badgers faster? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11052743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11052743
geon 11y ago
> they aren't scared of humans. The noisy little things just rolled up into a ball, spikes out I don't think that's how it works.
_0ffh 11y ago
And there I thought that the hedgehog could not be bothered at all!

72 points by juanplusjuan 11y ago

Not to downplay the advancement of humans, but the squirrels on our block created a "Superhighway" between garages, fences and garbage cans. Every garbage receptacle on our block has a hole in it, created by squirrels. We regularly watch them eat lunch on top of our garbage can.

dghughes 11y ago
My parent's cat catches birds and mice not often but more often than not as cats will do. But she is absolutely baffled by squirrels who seem psychotic or at the very least capable of being in multiple places at once. They seem to jump and in mid-flight change their mind and direction as if to defy the laws of physics. Cats are predators used to patterns and predictability so I wonder if that's a squirrels defense to be absolutely unpredictable, and bonkers. edit: And I'm disappointed the story didn't have more of a tech twist like using an Arduino or Raspberry Pi on each hole to track the movement of the hedgehogs.

brink2death 11y ago

Gotta go fast!

bitwize 11y ago

I hear "superhighway for hedgehogs" and I think of this: http://www.serebii.net/ssbb/stages/greenhillzone.jpg http://www.serebii.net/ssbb/stages/greenhillzone.jpg I know I'm a dork.

lazyant 11y ago

A bit disappointed that "superhighway" means making a few small holes in you fence.

dang 11y ago
Alright, we've put some quotes in there for you.
FreakyT 11y ago
Same, I was hoping to see a picture of some kind of grade-separated hedgehog corridor with on/off ramps.
- jballanc 11y ago
  Something like this: https://www.google.com.tr/search?tbm=isch&q=wildlife+overpass https://www.google.com.tr/search?tbm=isch&q=wildlife+overpas...
  - joe5150 11y ago
    We've got these in the area: http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/research_maintain_sheep.shtml http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/research_maintain_sheep.shtml

pvaldes 11y ago

(...And then, they came and ate the slugs from my garden, muahaha!) Meanwhile, in Oslo... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdi2AXC9c9Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdi2AXC9c9Q

monk_e_boy 11y ago

They make a lot of noise, grunting and snuffling along.

kalsk 11y ago

I MUST MOVE AT AN ACCELERATED PACE.

minimaxir 11y ago

For those who are very confused by the comments on this submission: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gotta-go-fast http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gotta-go-fast

blobbers 11y ago

Great fence hack. Wish there was something similar for humans. Keep bumping into the darn things.

jdmichal 11y ago
I think they call the hack for that "freerunning".

philk10 11y ago

Is this so they can get away from the badgers faster? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11052743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11052743

geon 11y ago

> they aren't scared of humans. The noisy little things just rolled up into a ball, spikes out I don't think that's how it works.

_0ffh 11y ago

And there I thought that the hedgehog could not be bothered at all!