Question: can you touch a hedgehog?
Answer: Hedgehog Quills and Hedgehog Fur According to Hedgehog Central, a hedgehog is covered by approximately 5,000 to 7,000 quills, so that makes them pretty spiky! ... Even in this state, you can touch a hedgehog without too much damage (few hedgehog owners are ever poked hard enough to break their skin).