jaidamack

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๐Ÿ”ž I say lots of heck words and post questionable smut. Stick around if that's your thing, but if you're below legal age to view such things in your jurisdiction, kindly go someplace else.
๐Ÿšœ Bob Semple was right.


catball
@catball

A tiny shrew resting on a single phalanx of a person's finger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_shrew

  • the smallest known extant mammal by mass
  • high surface area to volume ratio; needs super fast metabolism to avoid hypothermia
    • resting heart rate: 25 beats per second
    • eats 1.5 โ€“ 2x its body weight per day
    • will torpor if it gets cold
      • warms itself back up by shivering at 58 muscle contractions per second, thus heating itself 0.83 ยฐC per minute

shrew looking at camera

  • they make chirping and clicking sounds
  • groom themselves constantly when not eating
  • can hunt prey of insects, larvae, worms, etc as big as themselves
  • Mothers guide blind babies in a train of babies holding each other's tails (caravanning)

illustration of shrews caravanning


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