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Northern Short-Tailed Shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Photo by Elisa Nuss
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Pile of hardwood mulch and shrub trimmings.

Notes:

Bites at every opportunity, handle with care! Super-fast metabolism, they move with great speed and intensity. Incredibly soft fur.

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Comments (1)
Darwin26
nice work, musta had the camera in hand as fast as and as small as a shrew is.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2011

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