Animals of Israel: Hedgehogs / Фауна Израиля: ежи 

У меня есть очень интересная история про белогрудого ежа, точнее ежиху, завтра напишу - там не быстро)))

It is true that Insectivora are a "basal" group of mammals and all other orders evolved from them, - probably except marsupials, platypuses and echidnas. But hedgehogs themselves do not look any old-fashioned, evolutionary-speaking. Israeli wildlife, unlike its cultural-social life does not show any special favor to "living fossils". Instead, and this is in concord with human society, Israeli wildlife shows special favor to migrants, species with their native habitats far away. Hedgehogs that are native to Israel are probably the other two long-eared species, and this one I believe is rather a recent newcomer from the North. As for the Mantis - it is a tourist from Africa like many other animals here.

Как здорово! С какого расстояния ты снимал? Человека боятся?