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Common Shrew
Sorex araneus
62.773, 17.9664
Field Notes
Description:
Funny little creature! This one was diving into the lawn searching for bugs to eat. When finding a bug, the sound from eating it could be heard two meters away. It was very fearless, and when touching the fur on the back it squeaked loudly for a few seconds, but continued the search for food...
One very interesting fact is that durin the winter, many species undergo morphological changes that drastically reduce their body weight. Shrews can lose between 30% and 50% of their body weight, shrinking the size of bones, skull and internal organs.
Habitat:
Wet lawn, close to woodlands.
Notes:
Common Shrews are insectivores and are closer akin to genuine insectivores, as hedgehogs and moles, than with mice.
It is 55–82 millimetres (2.2–3.2 in) long and weighs 5–12 grams (0.2–0.4 oz).
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In the wild, the common shrew becomes about 16 months old.
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