Going Original With Happy Hedgehog Day

While everyone frets over what's his name Phil's weather forecast (six more weeks of spring...errr winter), let us not forget the original, Hedgehog Day. The Romans, being the innovators they were, would look for a hedgehog shadow, under a clear moon, as a weather forecast.

I'm wondering if "bad news" hedgehogs ended up battling gladiators and lions at the Coliseum?

For those of you not pleased with what's his name Phil's prognostication, know that groundhogs have other uses.