Woman Rushes Sick Hedgehog To Vet Only To Learn It’s Not What She Thought

A woman was surprised to learn the sick hedgehog she was caring for wasn't what she expected! Turns out, it wasn't a hedgehog! Actually, it wasn't an animal at all.

What did it turn out to be? Read more on this innocent mistake below!

According to The New York Post, an elderly woman rushed into action when she found what she believed to be an abandoned hedgehog on the side of the road in England. Reports say she spend the entire night caring for it. After looking after it for a night without seeing the little puffball eat, move, or drink she decided to take it to the Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital.

Per The New York Post, wildlife hospital manager Janet Kotze said, "It was the first admission of the day. The lady came in with a box, she said she had found this baby hedgehog on the pavement and it was cold and she picked it up. I was alarmed as it's very early for baby hedgehogs so I was a bit concerned. I took the box from her and took it through to triage, which is a separate room."

Well, that's when Kotze noticed something the woman had not. The New York Post goes on to say she said, "I opened the box and, well, I couldn't quite believe what I was seeing. I thought: 'It's definitely not a hedgehog, perhaps it's some other kind of a fluffy creature."

Once Kotze handled the noun in front of her, she realized what it was. It wasn't a hedgehog. Also, it wasn't any other type of animal or creature. In fact, the little fuzzball was...a little fuzzball. Literally. It was the fuzzy pom-pom off of a hat.

You can't blame the woman for trying to help! However, maybe next time do a little bit more investigating before spending hours caring for it and taking it into the vet. No offense but...how do you not know that it's not a living thing? How do you not realize it's a fluffball! Ugh.

See more on this below shared by Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital!

In the animal kingdom, evolution has bestowed upon various creatures abilities that are pretty awesome. The chameleon can change its skin to blend in with it's environment. The octopus can mimic other creatures. The rhinoceros has super strength. Those are all awesome powers... the following are not as cool.

Even some frogs have cool powers. There are frogs with deadly poison. There are frogs that have suction cup sticky feet to give it an awesome climbing ability. Then there's the dumbass waxy monkey frog. What can it do? Well, it can secrete a wax. Is the wax deadly? Nope! It... um... it keeps its skin nice.

Some birds have incredible abilities. The eagle can see for miles and has razor sharp talons. Not the bird of paradise. What mighty powers was it given? The power to dance. Yep, that's right... so it dances like Buffalo Bill to attract a mate. Not the coolest ability if ya ask me.

Outside of being delicious, the cow doesn't have many abilities. It can eat grass. It can run away from danger... but its farts are dangerously world endingly powerful. Their asses literally melt away the ozone like the laser of an evil comic book villain. Pretty lame, cows.

In the world of insects there are a ton of superpower-like abilities that are so very cool. The rhinoceros beetle is so strong that if it were our size it could literally punch buildings down. Even flies have super vision because of there crazy eyes. Not the grasshopper though. It can... hop. Yep, it can hop like really, really far. Oh and if they get emotional enough they can transform into locusts and eat alot. Very lame, the grasshopper.

The capybara is a giant rodent that resembles a gigantic guinea pig. What can it do, run at cheetah-like speed? Nope. Is it super strong? Not particularly. BUT IT CAN... take a nice warm bath in the hot springs found in its habitat. If you google this creature you'll see it's other ability.. which is to balance vegetables on it's head. Two VERY dumb superpowers.