A shrew that has been seen by few has now been seen by more…
That should be the title, not god damn Big Foot level anticipation.
A Mount Lyell shrew has just been photographed alive
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#22A shrew that has been seen by few has now been seen by more… That should be the title, not god damn Big Foot level anticipation.
"Shrewd mammal evaded photography for decades."
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Shrews are cute but MEAN. A few years ago we had a couple of feet of snow in a day. As I was snow blowing the driveway, I noticed all these little tunnels on the edge that was cut off by the side of the blower. Then I saw a tiny little animal. I thought he was a mole. So I took my glove off and picked him up, as a good hillbilly would do. That thing bit me like fifteen times up my thumb before I could react to yeet h…
That doesn’t sound mean. It sounds like you shouldn’t pick up a wild animal.
I think you cane safely assume he meant “fierce”. Or you know, insist on strict semantic meaning.
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#24Here’s a video of the expedition:
https://youtu.be/Jd2CdraSqt0?si=7xcYlM_GH4-1uw_k
His channel has lots of other amazing videos documenting creatures, mostly cold blooded. The level of knowledge imparted is very high, not just another wildlife show. Definitely worth watching.
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#25Based on the headline i assumed it was endangered but appearently not, its just difficult to photograph.
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#26> The Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) is 9 to 10 centimeters long and weighs between 2 and 3 grams, according to the researchers' measurements. That's got to be a typo...
Wikipedia says:
The shrew is between 8.9 and 10 centimetres (3.5 and 3.9 in) long[4] and weighs 4–5 grams (0.14–0.18 oz).[5] It has 32 teeth.[4]
Must be a mistake on both?!? No way its got less that 5 ccs of blood in a 9-10 cm long body.
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#27> The Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) is 9 to 10 centimeters long and weighs between 2 and 3 grams, according to the researchers' measurements. That's got to be a typo...
Look up Etruscan shrew. They weigh less than 2g on avg.
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#28> The Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) is 9 to 10 centimeters long and weighs between 2 and 3 grams, according to the researchers' measurements. That's got to be a typo...
Yup, they used civilized units instead of the usual feudal ones.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cute little critter! Looking at that Wikipedia page, I didn't realize there were multiple "grading" systems for conservation risk. Interesting that two different systems have two different risk assessments for the same animal.
Shrews are cute but MEAN. A few years ago we had a couple of feet of snow in a day. As I was snow blowing the driveway, I noticed all these little tunnels on the edge that was cut off by the side of the blower. Then I saw a tiny little animal. I thought he was a mole. So I took my glove off and picked him up, as a good hillbilly would do. That thing bit me like fifteen times up my thumb before I could react to yeet h…
>Shrews are cute but MEAN.
There is a reason that unpleasant women are called shrews[1], for example as in The Taming of the Shrew[2].
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#30> The Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) is 9 to 10 centimeters long and weighs between 2 and 3 grams, according to the researchers' measurements. That's got to be a typo...
According to other Wikipedia articles (https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorex_lyelli), almost half of that length is the tail, so that might explain it. Also, I assume most of the "bulk" you see in the photos is fur (which a small mammal in a harsh climate needs a lot of for insulation).