Are your spikes showing?

Some people view hedgehogs as ''pests'' but I am not one of them.

I view them as wonderful and intriguing creatures with traits

that in some ways are quite similar to some human traits.

There are hedgehogs called ''Huffers'' and they tend to be very vocal,
 often ''huff'' about many things and frequently curl up, spikes(spines) out.
Then there are others called ''Runners'', they can't be still, they run around
and want to explore everything.
Thirdly, there are the ''Couch Potatoes'' who love to do as little as possible,
who prefers to eat, sleep, and just curl up.
(I got this information from Google, so exactly how accurate it is, I'm not sure.)
Hedgehogs, cute as they are, do have spikes/spines.
When threatened, up they come, when safe, flattened they stay.
A bit like us humans methinks, although our spikes are
not visible and we call them ''words''.
A hedgehog uses its spikes for defense only, humans on the other
hand are very good at using their ''spikes'' forcefully,
devastatingly, and offensively.
Some say that hedgehogs tend to be ''loners'',
often shy and cautious, which I believe can probably
also be said about some of us humans.
(Although, I do wonder how such a conclusion 
about the ''personality'' of hedgehogs can
be ascertained without speaking as it were ... hedgehog.)

Some species of hedgehogs hibernate for
a few months during a year, although, they often
change nesting sites at least once during that time.
Well, strictly speaking, human beings don't hibernate,
but most of us probably have times in our lives when we
may feel a need to ''withdraw'' temporarily from the company
of others and spend some ''alone'' time in order to recharge.
Sometimes that may mean that
we change ''nesting site'' temporarily and head for the
mountains, the seaside, the rain forest, etc.etc.
Hedgehogs are nocturnal animals and do their
''hunting'' for food at night, well, perhaps not so much
hunting as foraging.
Some humans are also more ''nocturnal'' in their habits
than diurnal(daytime), although, not always by
 choice but by necessity. For instance, in order to put food on the table,
some of us have to work at night whether we like it or not.

But for all we may have in common with hedgehogs,
there is one glaring difference;
hedgehogs don't use their spikes offensively,
they only use them defensively.
We, on the other hand, often use our spikes (words) to intentionally
hurt and belittle others. ( as in for instance internet ''trolls'')
 But here's the good thing about
being a human being,...we can choose not to.