On January 13, 2021, Ian Stewart, Delaware Nature Society Ornithologist, and I found a small, deceased, Sorex genus shrew at the Flint Woods Preserve near Centreville, Delaware. At first …

Oct 3, 2021 · The Etruscian shrew from Southern Europe is so small that it can run through the tunnels of large earthworms! Water shrews even catch fish! What great creatures they are!

Jul 29, 2021 · One of the common signs that indicate that you have a shrew infestation is if you spot their feces in almost every corner of your house. Shrew feces are about 2mm in diameter …

Jan 8, 2020 · In warm weather, they add insect larvae (shrews can be valuable controllers of pest insects), snails, slugs, earthworms, crickets, salamanders, snakes, and even small birds to …

Shrews are the smallest of Minnesota mammals. The pygmy shrew, with a body length of about two inches, weighs only one-eight ounce, hardly more than a dime. The short-tail shrew, our …

Apr 13, 2025 · Yes, a shrew might appear to play dead, although the behavior is more nuanced than a deliberate act of deception. While they don’t truly “play dead” in the same way an …

Mar 5, 2018 · The water shrew has stiff hairs on its feet that allow it to scamper across the surface of the water. Its stiff fur also traps air bubbles, allowing it to stay underwater for short bursts. It …

uncommon for a predator like a fox to leave a freshly-killed shrew dead on the ground. They simply walk away after getting a taste of the shrew’s foul smell. A dead shrew is one of the few …

Feb 18, 2023 · Throughout the day I tried to show everyone the dead Shrew. I asked them who they thought it was and commonly I heard Mouse, Rat ( Rattus rattus ), Meadow Vole ( …

Feb 4, 2008 · There's a field near my property which I walk around from time to time and a few days ago I was finding a dead shrew a day, five in total. Not seen any there for a few days …