Fat Hedgehog Begrudgingly Forced To Diet and Exercise
Get ready to learn a little more about hedgehogs, because they're taking the spotlight. Well, at least one is. They possess distinctly grumpy looking faces to go along with their aloof demeanors, but this particular hedgehog has reason to be especially bothered.
Fat and seemingly happy hedgehog named Arbuckle was recently handed into a Scottish rescue center. Arbuckle weighed 5 pounds -- 2.335 kilograms -- couldn't effectively walk nor form a hedgehog's trademark defensive ball. The opposite of our speedy video game hedgehog Sonic, when Arbuckle came into the rescue center, employee Keith Marley reported: "He's about the size of a World Cup football, after overfeeding."
For reference, a typical hedgehog weighs an average of 600 grams. Our buddy Arbuckle is nearly four times that....