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infamousprophet

all i want 4 Christmas,, is

shroo :)

satourni

I’m real proud of that tree stump.

#cute!!!!#art

fyshrews

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#Eurasian shrew

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Apennine shrew, Sorex samniticus by fotografianaturalistica.org

#apennine shrew

aticketplz

初めて池之端門で開園まちしました。小獣館がガラガラで最高でした。

いつも寝てるジャコウネズミが起きていました。

@上野動物園

#asian house shrew

sevenpencee

The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus) and Kitti’s hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) share the title of ‘Worlds smallest mammals’.

#Etruscan shrew

The shrew-opossum (Caenolestidae) is a species of pouchless marsupial that despite their name, is neither a shrew nor opossum. The one pictured here is the recently discovered common shrew opossum, a new species that is about twice the size of the other three known members of the same species. These small marsupials were once considered rare but now are commonly found in the Andes mountains.

#shrew opossum #animals

notailnoworries

A long time ago, in a place called deviantart, I deeply admired an artist that now goes by @hurtanminttu. And I told that artist I would make them a little shrew plushie, despite not knowing how to sew. I never finished the shrew, it was hard and looked bad. And now, over 5 years later, I drew her a shrew.

#Art

desmormos

#art #black and rufous elephant shrew

eximago-blog

The northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) is a species of red-toothed shrew of the family Soricidae native to northeastern America and the eastern half of southern Canada. They prefer forests and grasslands that provide cover for them and a steady supply of water, as they can dehydrate quickly. They spend most of their days underground resting in nests lined with plant matter and often times the fur of meadow voles, with short bouts of activity for hunting.

These shrews are mostly insectivores, but will eat seeds and fungus as well as small vertebrates, including other shrews, mice, and salamanders. These shrews eat three times their weight a day, and increase their consumption 43% during the winter in order to maintain body heat. They are well known for being one of the only venomous mammals, with venom that is produced in submaxillary glands and paralyzes prey, and is able to kill small animals larger than itself. The venomous saliva travels into prey through the groove formed by its incisors meeting. It’s mostly harmless to humans, except that it makes their bites much more painful.

Northern short-tailed shrews have poor senses of smell and sight, thought to only be able to detect levels of light with their rudimentary eyes. They make up for this with a very sensitive sense of touch.

They breed from March to September, with males courting females with clicking noises. The pair will become locked together during copulation and the female will simply drag the male along the ground by his genitals. Two litters of four to seven young are typical within a breeding season, with the first litter usually reaching sexual maturity in enough to time to have their own litters before the breeding season they born in ends.

#northern short tailed shrew #short tailed shrew

wigmund

Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva)

#least shrew

justanotheranimaladdict

A FACT ABOUT POISONOUS & VENOMOUS ANIMALS; The American Short-Tailed Shrew is an odd little animal that can be found in North America. It’s odd because although it looks like a rodent, it is not one in any shape or form. It’s a mammal and not only that but it’s a venomous mammal. Tiny and rather cute, this tiny little animal may not be able to kill a human with its venom but it can still pack a powerful bite! | Animal blog!

#northern short tailed shrew

lifebender

It’s been really quite cold here and it has been taking its toll. This girl didn’t make it through the night last night. Natasha found her laying in the snow this morning. She is now in the freezer awaiting preservation.

#northern short tailed shrew #dead animal

alphynix

The hero shrew (Scutisorex somereni), native to the Congo Basin of Africa, might look like a fairly typical large shrew on the outside. But this 25cm long (10") mammal has one of the strangest backbones known to science. (Image source)

Most vertebrates are quite conservative as far as their spines go, with the bones rarely being modified to any extreme degree. The hero shrew’s vertebrae, however, have corrugated bony projections on each side that interlock with each other, forming an incredibly strong reinforced structure. The spine is so strong, in fact, that it can withstand the weight of a 72kg human (160lbs) standing on it – over 1000 times its own body weight.

Just what a shrew needs such a robust back for is still a mystery. There’s a hypothesis that they might lever themselves under heavy logs and rocks in search of invertebrate prey, but such behavior hasn’t been observed in the wild yet.

A second type of hero shrew, Thor’s hero shrew (Scutisorex thori), was described in July 2013. The evolutionary differences between the two taxa compared to other shrews suggest that whatever these animals have been doing with their spines, they’ve been doing it for at least 4 million years.

#hero shrew