Heart rate? 1,500 beats per minute.
Breathing? 600 times a minute.
It eats twice its body weight daily just to stay alive.
Clicks to hunt. Whiskers as radar.
Jumps, darts, devours — all in the blink of an eye.
It may only live two years, but in that time, it’s a lightning bolt with teeth.
Tiny. Fierce. Unstoppable.
I wanted one of these as a pet, but the guide book I got from the library on taming shrews was not helpful.
It was pretty funny though.
Your comment made me smile, but also reminded me that this was a thing that I read before I ever heard of the original. I’ll admit that, in that context, the title never made sense to me.
I was not aware of this. Thank you!
The babies bite butts to form a train with the mom because they have bad eyesight 😩
just 1.8 grams of pure speed…
Oh c’mon, 1.8g ain’t shit.
This was cool to watch, it’s like it teleports back when the scorpion attacks
They’re the same picture
Our mans living decades in those 2 years
I love shrews but my cat seems to love them more.
My brain saw a NSFW thumbnail and it took a few seconds to see it correctly.
ittybitty and veeery busy
We love a shrew
