{"id":796866,"date":"2026-08-01T05:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/796866\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T05:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:55:14","slug":"campers-hear-an-aluminum-can-rolling-then-spot-a-little-hedgehog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/796866\/","title":{"rendered":"Campers Hear An Aluminum Can Rolling \u2014 Then Spot A Little Hedgehog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-element-index=\"0\">The other day, Phontus Oktabec and his partner were staying at a campsite in Sweden when they had an unexpected encounter with an adorable local.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"1\">It all began with a noise in the distance.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"2\">While walking to the campground bathroom, the pair heard the unmistakable sound of an aluminum can rolling across the paved path. Moving closer, they realized the can wasn\u2019t being moved by the breeze, but rather by a wild hedgehog who was repeatedly nudging it along.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"3\">\u201cMy partner quickly picked up his phone and started filming, as this is an unusual sight,\u201d Oktabec told The Dodo.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"0\">Exactly why the hedgehog was so fascinated by the can isn&#8217;t clear. From Oktabec&#8217;s perspective, though, she seemed to be having the time of her life.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"1\">\u201cWhen she played with it for quite a while, I felt that she thought it was fun,\u201d Oktabec said.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"0\">Once the hedgehog had wandered off, Oktabec picked up the discarded can. Though it may have provided a few moments of entertainment, discarded aluminum cans can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedodo.com\/daily-dodo\/rescuers-save-skunk-with-can-stuck-on-head-then-realize-shes-not-alone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pose risks to wildlife<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"1\">The little hedgehog, by then, had already left quite the impression.<\/p>\n<p data-element-index=\"2\">\u201cIt was really the highlight of the trip,\u201d Oktabec said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The other day, Phontus Oktabec and his partner were staying at a campsite in Sweden when they had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[616,168563,79,615,4798,613,201],"class_list":["post-796866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-daily-dodo","tag-hedgehogs","tag-science","tag-standard","tag-stephen-messenger","tag-the-dodo","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}