Dust Bath with a Madagascar Hedgehog Tenrec

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2020-04-29T19:55:46.000Z

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National Zoo

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Video Title

Dust Bath with a Madagascar Hedgehog Tenrec

Description

Even for Madagascar hedgehog tenrecs, self care is so important. This little fellow is taking a dust bath and scent-anointing (rubbing the new scent into his spines). Keepers give our tenrecs novel scents and substrates as enrichment to encourage this natural behavior. In the wild, scent can be used as camouflage and parasite repellent!

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46 sec

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Pets & Animals

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Zoology;Animals;Veterinary medicine;Animal health

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