Baby Hedgehog Licking a Finger

Baby hedgehog, or possibly a tiny alien.
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Baby hedgehogs are always cute, but this finger-licking critter will melt your heart. (dailypicks)
HadouKen24says...

It's not trying to eat the finger or taste it. It's trying to anoint itself with the scent of the finger. There's another video by the same user (you can see it in the suggested videos) that's 4 seconds long showing the behavior.

Hedgehogs, when confronted with strange new scents, lick and gnaw on the object until they have enough of the scent in their mouth. They then foam up their spittle and reach around and spread the foamy stuff on their quills.

It's really weird. No one really knows why they do it.

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