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Relevant article "Up to 335,000 hedgehogs are dying each year on UK roads, a study suggests." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-54524338 h

• rob74 6y ago
  Sadly, the fact that they are small and dark-coloured, tend to travel at night and have the instinct to curl up in a ball when in danger (which protects them from all of their predators, but not from cars) all work against them...
  • troymc 6y ago
    Thankfully, birds sometimes come and help hedgehogs get off the road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIqFiQ2MwfA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIqFiQ2MwfA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFK4wT9udFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFK4wT9udFo
  • Someone 6y ago
    Some hedgehogs appear to have learned to avoid roads. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/02/last-hedgehogs-in-central-london-survived-by-learning-to-avoid-roads https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/02/last-hed...: The last hedgehogs to live in a central London park have survived because they have learnt to avoid busy roads, a study suggests. […] Clare Bowen, of the Royal Parks Foundation, said: “We’ve tagged a number of animals and we’ve got a very good idea of where they are going. We don’t have any indication of them leaving the park at all or crossing any of the main roads. “We don’t have any records of squashed hedgehogs around Regents Park. All this would suggest they steer clear of busy roads.”