Krimpvarkie by ElusiveAngel

Photography • Animals • posted on Jul 16, 2008

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Hey there all. I am a bit busy at work these days and try to keep up with Renderosity is difficult. But I thought of just sharing this one with you. In my language it is called a krimpvarkie, if you translate it directly it is shrimp pig. haha. But I believe you call it something else in english. I held it in my hand when I took the photo, and it stinged me. The native people like to eat them, so there are not many of them left in the wild. He grabbed onto some dry grass, when I tried to pull it out, he just wanted to close - so I ended up taking the photo with him and the grass.

Comments (26)

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jeroni

5:55AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

Absolutely stunning image

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VRG

6:12AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

Ag, hy's so pragtig! They are also called hedgehogs. No relation of lamingtons (which must be eaten) a.k.a. "ystervarkies"!

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timtripp

6:23AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

wonderful image! hedgehog indeed.

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NemesisT

6:27AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

So cute :) I love hedgehogs, lovely photo.

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Meisiekind

6:54AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

Ag jinne julle... is dit nie te blerrie cute nie.... Hoe kan mense so klein dingetjie eet?????? Sies... Stunning image! :)

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busi2ness

7:21AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

Ai ma! indeed. Great capture for these elusive and harmless animals. Sterkte by die werk, ons mis jou!

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awjay

7:28AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

superb

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koosievantutte

8:07AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

very fine image of a lovely animal - we call them 'stekelvarken' or 'egel'

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MrsRatbag

9:01AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

I wish we had these here, they're so cute! Great capture!

MrsLubner

9:35AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

I adore the hedgehog. I don't see them here except in captivity. They are such gentle creatures. I have held many and injury is so slight compared to the dreaded porcupine. LOL Fabulous shot.

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kbatty

10:13AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

He is darling!

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artaddict2

11:53AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

Great capture, cute fellow. It is so sad that so many of these harmless gentle creatures are found flattened along the English country roads.

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cfulton

11:57AM | Wed, 16 July 2008

Your title made me very curious.... and my investigation bore fruit. Great to meet another capturing shots of the local scenery! Hoop die varkie het nie jou hand te seer gemaak nie! Cheers, Clive

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