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Water shrews have venomous saliva, but cannot puncure the skin of large mammals, like humans. Watch out for water shrews!!!
A shrew is different from a mouse in multiple ways. Shrews tend to have elongated snouts and a more chubby like appearance. Although the body size is similar to a mouse the shrew is more mole like than mouse like.
They look like a mouse, but are brown or brown-black and have a long, somewhat pointed nose.
Pygmy shrews, a kind of small mouse-like mammal. These grow to less than 2 inches long including tail and weigh less than 3 grams.
Tree shrews are found in Thailand and Indonesia. They like to live in forests, and eat mostly insects, as well as some plants.
A common Kestrel usually eats small mammals like voles, shrews, and mice.
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Sources differ on whether or not shrews are members of the rodent family. The more science-based sources indicate that shrews, although mouse-like in appearance, are not truly members of the rodent family, but are of the Insectivora family, just as moles and hedgehogs are.
The red fox eats small mammals like mice and shrews along with some owls.
Small mammals like mice and shrews often have heartbeats over 500.
Small mammals like mice and shrews can give birth many times in a year.
Water shrews have venomous saliva, but cannot puncure the skin of large mammals, like humans. Watch out for water shrews!!!