Heart rate? 1,500 beats per minute.
Breathing? 600 times a minute.
It eats twice its body weight daily just to stay alive.
Clicks to hunt. Whiskers as radar.
Jumps, darts, devours — all in the blink of an eye.
It may only live two years, but in that time, it’s a lightning bolt with teeth.
Tiny. Fierce. Unstoppable.
I wanted one of these as a pet, but the guide book I got from the library on taming shrews was not helpful.
It was pretty funny though.
Your comment made me smile, but also reminded me that this was a thing that I read before I ever heard of the original. I’ll admit that, in that context, the title never made sense to me.
1.8 grams? That cute thing should float quite well!
What are you suggesting should happen to it?!
It’s just super light for it’s size
All I’m saying is that it can survive trouble with the mob just fine. Ain’t no sleeping with the fishes for this rodent!
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
Science? Just metric, I can tell when something is bigger than 2cm³
They’re the same picture
A favorite childhood toy!!! Had that thing for years and years. Hell was it called?! Gods, you woke a dormant part of my brain I didn’t know was offline.
I googled “fuzzy worm toy”, not sure what its official name is
Our mans living decades in those 2 years
I was not aware of this. Thank you!
The babies bite butts to form a train with the mom because they have bad eyesight 😩
just 1.8 grams of pure speed…
Oh c’mon, 1.8g ain’t shit.
This was cool to watch, it’s like it teleports back when the scorpion attacks
It’s cute tho
I love shrews but my cat seems to love them more.
Him snoot looooooooooooong
He’s got a droop snoot
We love a shrew
ittybitty and veeery busy
You got shrew love like I got dragonfly and hummingbird love! I should write the hummingbird post sometime.
Make me love! Write a long, crazy, true post about these animals. I hunger for it. HONGRY
(I’m not shitting you. I want a long, detailed and entertaining post on these beasts. Hop to it.)
That mouse has a long snoot.
My brain saw a NSFW thumbnail and it took a few seconds to see it correctly.
