Morning Encounter

I met this little fellow this morning. I was standing really still and he (or she, I suppose) came right up to me and started sniffing my shoes. When I moved to get a better angle with my camera, he got scared and rolled up into a thorny ball.

Did you know they make a hissing sound also when they do that? He sounded like a mini-Darth Vader! Trying to intimidate, no doubt, but so cute...