Musings of a Dead Parrot

In the Monty Python sketch about the Piranha Brothers, Dinsdale Piranha hallucinates that he is being chased by a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman.

Now comes a real life story involving a hedgehog that is too funny to pass up - NZ man used hedgehog as weapon

"It was unclear whether the hedgehog was still alive when it was thrown, though it was dead when collected as evidence. The police spokesman said the suspect was arrested 'for assault with a weapon, namely the hedgehog.'" Can't you hear Michael Palin's voice saying that?