De : "Shmuel Silinsky"

are closely related. A great advantage - they eat snails!! Also, a
favorite food of hedgehogs here is snails and slugs. We are plagued by
imported escargot and I am glad there is some natural control, but still
doesn't keep those monsters down.

A new "pest" I've seen in my yard this year is rock hyrax!!! They are
multiplying like crazy in the native are near me and, alas, there are no
leopards around to keep their numbers down. Hopefully the eagles will get
on the job. The hyrax have not bothered my bulbs, but they do go for fruit
tree leaves etc and are quite good at climbing. A hidden plus: they chase
feral cats out of my yard!

But as you all say, that's the joy of an ecosystem."