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Updated: July 5, 2025

The wild-bee's sting could not save her honeyed cells and helpless grubs, and the sharp-fanged adder, writhing from the hedgehog's sudden bite, would hurl itself in vain against the prickly ball that instantly confronted each counter attack.

Alfred Wellesley Rees - Creatures of the Night: A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain