# Look what I found! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551 "2006-06-28T21:59:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Star\_Female](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Star\_Female](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Female)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/1 "2006-06-28T21:59:52Z")
Baby hedgehogs. And they’re so cute! 3 babies in someone’s palm: [http://www.hemmy.net/images/animals/cuteanimal04.jpg](http://www.hemmy.net/images/animals/cuteanimal04.jpg) Yawning baby: [http://www.hemmy.net/images/animals/cuteanimal06.jpg](http://www.hemmy.net/images/animals/cuteanimal06.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/2 "2006-06-28T22:02:07Z")
Awwwwwwwwww! Too cute. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/3 "2006-06-28T22:12:30Z")
OMG, they’re _so_ adorable! I assume they were orphaned. Are their quills hard yet? And aren’t they still young enough to be milking-- what’re you feeding them? I hope they don’t die. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/4 "2006-06-28T22:21:18Z")
Now, that second image reminds me of something… shouldn’t there be… let’s see… [Yeah. That’s more like it.](http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1710/12yk1.jpg) So, please, think of the hedgehogs. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/5 "2006-06-28T22:29:50Z")
Those are disgustingly cute. You better take care of them properly or else all other cute things will bite you in the crotch. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/6 "2006-06-28T22:38:16Z")
Uh, folks… something about [the page where these images are hosted](http://www.hemmy.net/) makes me suspect that OP meant “found” as in “found these images on the internet”, not “found these hedgehogs in my back yard”. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/7 "2006-06-28T22:40:33Z")
[QUOTE=Peak Banana] Uh, folks… something about [the page where these images are hosted](http://www.hemmy.net/) makes me suspect that OP meant “found” as in “found these images on the internet”, not “found these hedgehogs in my back yard”. [/QUOTE] Yeah, especially since my coworker emailed me those pictures weeks ago… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/8 "2006-06-28T22:42:21Z")
You’ll put your eye out!! ---
**Author:** ![Star\_Female](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Star\_Female](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Female)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/9 "2006-06-29T00:29:48Z")
[QUOTE=Peak Banana] Uh, folks… something about [the page where these images are hosted](http://www.hemmy.net/) makes me suspect that OP meant “found” as in “found these images on the internet”, not “found these hedgehogs in my back yard”. [/QUOTE] Yeah, those pictures aren’t mine. I should have said so. :smack: I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/10 "2006-06-29T00:36:58Z")
Sure, they’re cute now, but wait till they grow up, and… Ah… Wowm they’re really cute. ---
**Author:** ![Star\_Female](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Star\_Female](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Female)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/11 "2006-06-29T00:39:38Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Sure, they’re cute now, but wait till they grow up, and… [/QUOTE] And then they can be a little nasty sometimes. I actually did acquire a baby hedgehog and raise it by hand once. Just not these particular ones. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/12 "2006-06-29T02:01:00Z")
[QUOTE=Star Female] [http://www.hemmy.net/images/animals/cuteanimal04.jpg](http://www.hemmy.net/images/animals/cuteanimal04.jpg) [/QUOTE] They look like [Popples](http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/80/00/Toymax_Classic_Popple_Polka_Dottle_Toys-resized200.gif) Anyone remember Popples? ---
**Author:** ![Star\_Female](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Star\_Female](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Female)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/13 "2006-06-29T02:59:31Z")
[QUOTE=Lady Venom] They look like [Popples](http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/80/00/Toymax_Classic_Popple_Polka_Dottle_Toys-resized200.gif) Anyone remember Popples? [/QUOTE] Oh, I do! I used to scare the neighborhood kids with them! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/14 "2006-06-29T03:05:43Z")
[QUOTE=Lady Venom] They look like [Popples](http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/80/00/Toymax_Classic_Popple_Polka_Dottle_Toys-resized200.gif) Anyone remember Popples? [/QUOTE] I still have one in my car. People ask me why. I reply “In case of an emergency” and change the topic. People don’t seem to notice that there is no possible emergency use for a Popple. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/15 "2006-06-29T03:43:20Z")
I can’t get over how much they look like some kind of animate kooshball… ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/16 "2006-06-29T04:03:20Z")
[QUOTE=xbuckeye] I still have one in my car. People ask me why. I reply “In case of an emergency” and change the topic. People don’t seem to notice that there is no possible emergency use for a Popple. [/QUOTE] “You can put your weeeeeed in there!” Dude, baby hedgehogs…too cute, they can’t be real! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-i-found/362551/17 "2006-06-29T17:38:11Z")
> [@](#): > > I still have one in my car. People ask me why. I reply “In case of an emergency” and change the topic. People don’t seem to notice that there is no possible emergency use for a Popple. Yes there is! To satisfy an emercency need for ice-cream! This is only effective if you’re a toddler, but still… When I was about 5, and my sister was 3, we were in the backseat of the car, going…somewhere…with my parents. My sister suddenly chucked her Popple (a purple popple) out the window, and proceeded to scream at the top of her lungs. My parents realised what had happened, and agreed to turn the car around to go look for the Popple and shut my sister up. We found it by the side of the road. Next to an ice-cream shop. The three kids (by 7y.o. brother was also there) promptly started screaming for ice cream. My parents gave in. See? I sometimes wonder if my sister’s 3 year old mind had it all planned out…