17. So, are they thieves? Hedgehogs enjoy eating ice-cream and they can eat ice-cream if it is stored in containers that they can break open. Fast food outlets have reported a lot of ice-cream wastage recently. Hedgehogs must therefore be breaking in to eat the ice-cream at fast food outlets. Is there a link between the reasons and the conclusion? Are there any assumptions, which have not been stated, that support the conclusion? Cottrell, S., (2005) Critical thinking skills: Developing Effective Analysis and Argument, London, Palgrave McMillan