Victor B Caruana took this picture of a young hedgehog during an early morning walk on the outskirts of Rabat today.
He said it was still sleeping on a bed of leaves. He waited till the first rays of the sun came on it. As soon as it became warm it woke up and walked away.
Hedgehogs usually hibernate in a hole in the ground all through the winter as they hate the cold weather.
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