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China: Tiny Hedgehog Spotted on Quiet Night Street in Shanxi

On July 26, 2025, in Shanxi, located in northern China, a driver noticed a small round creature on a quiet street at night. Turning on his headlights, he saw a tiny hedgehog walking slowly across the road. The hedgehog looked startled by the light, turned around, and started walking away with its chubby little paws. The adorable scene melted viewers’ hearts, as Chinese netizens called it “the cutest traffic encounter ever.”

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AUSTRALIA-RARE SPECIES-RELOCATION

(220210) -- SYDNEY, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo released by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows a red-tailed phascogale at Dryandra Woodland National Park in Western Australia. Ecologists have given some of Australia's cutest and rarest native animals, red-tailed phascogales and numbats, new leases of life by relocating them from one end of the island continent to the other. The AWC announced on Wednesday that 60 phascogales have made the 1,400 km journey from Alice Springs Desert Park in the Northern Territory to the Mallee Cliffs National Park in the southwestern region of the state of New South Wales. (AWC/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-RARE SPECIES-RELOCATION

(220210) -- SYDNEY, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo released by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows a numbat at Mallee Cliffs National Park in New South Wales in Australia. Ecologists have given some of Australia's cutest and rarest native animals, red-tailed phascogales and numbats, new leases of life by relocating them from one end of the island continent to the other. The AWC announced on Wednesday that 60 phascogales have made the 1,400 km journey from Alice Springs Desert Park in the Northern Territory to the Mallee Cliffs National Park in the southwestern region of the state of New South Wales. (AWC/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-RARE SPECIES-RELOCATION

(220210) -- SYDNEY, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo released by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows a numbat being placed into new home at Mallee Cliffs National Park in New South Wales in Australia. Ecologists have given some of Australia's cutest and rarest native animals, red-tailed phascogales and numbats, new leases of life by relocating them from one end of the island continent to the other. The AWC announced on Wednesday that 60 phascogales have made the 1,400 km journey from Alice Springs Desert Park in the Northern Territory to the Mallee Cliffs National Park in the southwestern region of the state of New South Wales. (AWC/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-RARE SPECIES-RELOCATION

(220210) -- SYDNEY, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo released by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows a red-tailed phascogale at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Australia. Ecologists have given some of Australia's cutest and rarest native animals, red-tailed phascogales and numbats, new leases of life by relocating them from one end of the island continent to the other. The AWC announced on Wednesday that 60 phascogales have made the 1,400 km journey from Alice Springs Desert Park in the Northern Territory to the Mallee Cliffs National Park in the southwestern region of the state of New South Wales. (AWC/Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-RARE SPECIES-RELOCATION

(220210) -- SYDNEY, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo released by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows a numbat undergoing health check at Mallee Cliffs National Park in New South Wales in Australia. Ecologists have given some of Australia's cutest and rarest native animals, red-tailed phascogales and numbats, new leases of life by relocating them from one end of the island continent to the other. The AWC announced on Wednesday that 60 phascogales have made the 1,400 km journey from Alice Springs Desert Park in the Northern Territory to the Mallee Cliffs National Park in the southwestern region of the state of New South Wales. (AWC/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-RARE SPECIES-RELOCATION

(220210) -- SYDNEY, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo released by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows a numbat at Mallee Cliffs National Park in New South Wales in Australia. Ecologists have given some of Australia's cutest and rarest native animals, red-tailed phascogales and numbats, new leases of life by relocating them from one end of the island continent to the other. The AWC announced on Wednesday that 60 phascogales have made the 1,400 km journey from Alice Springs Desert Park in the Northern Territory to the Mallee Cliffs National Park in the southwestern region of the state of New South Wales. (AWC/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-RARE SPECIES-RELOCATION

(220210) -- SYDNEY, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo released by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows a red-tailed phascogale at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Australia. Ecologists have given some of Australia's cutest and rarest native animals, red-tailed phascogales and numbats, new leases of life by relocating them from one end of the island continent to the other. The AWC announced on Wednesday that 60 phascogales have made the 1,400 km journey from Alice Springs Desert Park in the Northern Territory to the Mallee Cliffs National Park in the southwestern region of the state of New South Wales. (AWC/Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-RARE SPECIES-RELOCATION

(220210) -- SYDNEY, Feb. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo released by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows a numbat being placed into new home at Mallee Cliffs National Park in New South Wales in Australia. Ecologists have given some of Australia's cutest and rarest native animals, red-tailed phascogales and numbats, new leases of life by relocating them from one end of the island continent to the other. The AWC announced on Wednesday that 60 phascogales have made the 1,400 km journey from Alice Springs Desert Park in the Northern Territory to the Mallee Cliffs National Park in the southwestern region of the state of New South Wales. (AWC/Handout via Xinhua)

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"World's Cutest Museum" in Toyama attracts many visitors

Photo taken July 23, 2015 in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, shows Seiki Asai, who built "The World's Cutest Museum." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo