New York, May 7 -- Let's take a moment to appreciate the woman in Cheshire, England, who recently came across what looked like a baby hedgehog on the side of a road. She put it in a box, put a bowl of cat food beside it and checked on it periodically, being careful not to stress it out. Hedgehogs, as a protective mechanism against predators, curl up into a ball and that's what this baby hedgehog seemed to be doing.

The next morning, concerned that the hedgehog had not moved or pooped, the woman took the animal to the Lower Moss Wood Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital. The veterinarian on duty, Janet Kotze, opened the box, made a quick examination and informed the woman that what she had rescued was a fluffy pom-pom from a beanie hat. (...