often as the result of a traumatic event or infection A hedgehog "blown up like a beach ball" has been rescued and diagnosed with a severe case of balloon syndrome. The animal, which had inflated ...

And because only a small percentage of dead animals wash ashore ... globally that release balloons—each one more than three times the size of a standard beach ball—to inform weather reports ...

Balloon syndrome is caused by gas collecting underneath the skin, often as the result of a traumatic event or infection A hedgehog that had "blown up like a beach ball" is said to be doing well ...

And because only a small percentage of dead animals wash ashore ... globally that release balloons—each one more than three times the size of a standard beach ball—to inform weather reports ...