"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message news:39020359.C1D84DD7@pacbell.net...
| Peter Popov wrote:
|
| > I have a fluffy toy hedgehog called Bozo (you have to see it and
| > you'll have to admit it's the only name I could give him :) ) and a
| > smaller one called Ken.
|
| Ken, the hedgehog. How touching....

A nephew of mine got himself a pet hedgehog a little while ago.
Seeing this I got started wondering again why a hedgehog!
I never heard of such a domesticated animal before that.
Oh sure, there's Sonic the Hedgehog in video games but I never thought they sold the
live
things at pet stores.  Just seems so strange, and the idea of a toy one is only a
little
less strange to me  ;-)
Well, both are less strange until it's a Ken the Hedgehog toy.

Bob

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On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 18:30:39 -0500, "Bob Hughes"
<per### [at] aolcom?subject=PoV-News:> wrote:

>A nephew of mine got himself a pet hedgehog a little while ago.
>Seeing this I got started wondering again why a hedgehog!
>I never heard of such a domesticated animal before that.

I once had a hedgehog. My father found it on the road and brought it
home to my mother (she loves hedgehogs) thinking he would let it go
later that night. When he went out to let the little bugger he found
another one and brought them both back. Apparenltly they were a family
before they were brought home (the female probably went seeking that
drunk the male afther he didn't come home for dinner) because mother
hedgehog gave birth to three just two days after they arrived. Living
with a family of hedgehogs and four (at the time) cats can be fun esp.
in a two-room appartment :) That is, when the male hedgehod doesn't
try do dig a hole in the concrete floor (which he almost succeeded at
but he hit the steel armature and gave up). They wreaked havoc on all
the roaches for quite a while ahead.

The bottomline is that a hedgehog can be as nice as any other pet. At
least before they start chewing on a roach in 2 am, anyway.


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
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Okay, I've heard it all now  :-)
I'm going to have to send this little story over to my Mom so she can forward it on.

Bob

"Peter Popov" <pet### [at] usanet> wrote in message
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| On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 18:30:39 -0500, "Bob Hughes"
| <per### [at] aolcom?subject=PoV-News:> wrote:
|
| >A nephew of mine got himself a pet hedgehog a little while ago.
| >Seeing this I got started wondering again why a hedgehog!
| >I never heard of such a domesticated animal before that.
|
| I once had a hedgehog. My father found it on the road and brought it
| home to my mother (she loves hedgehogs) thinking he would let it go
| later that night. When he went out to let the little bugger he found
| another one and brought them both back. Apparenltly they were a family
| before they were brought home (the female probably went seeking that
| drunk the male afther he didn't come home for dinner) because mother
| hedgehog gave birth to three just two days after they arrived. Living
| with a family of hedgehogs and four (at the time) cats can be fun esp.
| in a two-room appartment :) That is, when the male hedgehod doesn't
| try do dig a hole in the concrete floor (which he almost succeeded at
| but he hit the steel armature and gave up). They wreaked havoc on all
| the roaches for quite a while ahead.
|
| The bottomline is that a hedgehog can be as nice as any other pet. At
| least before they start chewing on a roach in 2 am, anyway.
|
|
| Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
| Personal e-mail : pet### [at] usanet
| TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg

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Hey, guys, cute discussion, but I was kinda hoping somebody would contribute
a nice texture or two. I really want this to be a good image. Know what I
mean? Thanks.

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On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 20:21:04 -0400, "TonyB"
<ben### [at] panamac-comnet> wrote:

>Hey, guys, cute discussion, but I was kinda hoping somebody would contribute
>a nice texture or two. I really want this to be a good image. Know what I
>mean? Thanks.

You're right Tony, thanks for putting me back on track. As for the
textures, I think the gauge looks a little funny with the current
texture, maybe make the radial pigment color map go from green to
yellow to red (without blending, just three stripes) with these taking
about 120 degrees of the full circle.


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
Personal e-mail : pet### [at] usanet
TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg

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