ayumiyoshi1314  +  597760 Fri, 28 Nov 08 03:12 PM Hedgehogs and porcupines are differing animals. Hedgehogs are smaller less oh whats the word threating. They also are REALLY cute. Porcupines are bigger and more hurtful to others that might mess with them. Also hedgehogs have spines but porcupines have detachable quills. Ayumi Yoshikawa (ayumi-chan) ayumiyoshi1314 Joined on Tue, Nov 18 2008 Chiba, Japan New Member 46 Images

	Tanit  +  597930 Fri, 28 Nov 08 07:07 PM Angliholic “Hi, Today, my colleague and I talked about the two words, hedgehog and porcupine. As far as I'm concerned, they are about the same. But I need your opinions. Thanks” Hi, I remember you started a similar thread a couple of months ago. Please have a look at the following pages from Wikipedia and you'll see that porcupines and hedgehogs belong to different orders (they are listed in the right-hand side of the page). West European hedgehog Crested porcupine North American porcupine To get a rough idea, cats and dogs belong to the same order; differences between cats and dogs "only" start at the family level. (Maybe Francesca could add something. ) Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,034 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante)

	nona the brit  +  600140 Sun, 30 Nov 08 06:35 PM Completely different beasties - not even similar really other than the fact that both have spines. Those in the photo for this thread are hedgehogs. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	AlpheccaStars  +  600157 Sun, 30 Nov 08 06:53 PM The hedgehog is not native to America, so we use a groundhog instead to forecast an early spring or long winter. Legend has it that if the groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, sees his shadow on Feb. 2, there will be 6 more weeks of winter.  Nobody pays any attention to porcupine weather predictions. And I would keep a long distance from these critters. Their quills are very painful .  AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)