Toxic Shrews!

The shrew is a mouse-sized insectivore that is arguably the most voracious predator on the planet and the two most common shrews are the southern short-tailed shrew and the least shrew.

Shrews have an extremely high metabolic rate. According to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, this rapid conversion of food to energy requires that these animals consume up to their own body weight in food every single day.

This is a short-tailed shrew I photographed and filmed for a television special a few years ago. This variety actually has a toxic saliva and they are native to Texas.

Weird!

Chester Moore

The shrew is a mouse-sized insectivore that is arguably the most voracious predator on the planet and the two most common shre are the southern short-tailed shre and the least shre

Shres have an extremely high metabolic rate. According to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, this rapid conversion of food to energy requires that these animals consume up to their own body weight in food every single day.

This is a short-tailed shre I photographed and filmed for a television special a few years ago. This variety actually has a toxic saliva and they are nati

The shre is a mouse-sized insectivore that is arguably the most voracious predator on the planet and the two most common shre are the southern short-tailed shre and the least shre.

Shre have an extremely high metabolic rate. According to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, this rapid conversion of food to energy requires that these animals consume up to their own body weight in food every single day.

This is a short-tailed shre I photographed and filmed for a television special a few years ago. This variety actually has a toxic saliva and they are native to Texas.

Weird!

ve to Texas.

Weird!