Shrews has a higher metabolic rate than any other animal. The masked shrews heart, Sorexcinereus, beats 800 times a minute, much faster than the hummingbird's heart. Shrews must eat 80-90% of their body weight daily. If you are deprived of food for half a day, most will starve to death.
What's special about shrews?
Echolocation: Some species of shrews are the only known terrestrial mammals capable of echolocating. Unlike some aquatic animals that use bats and echolocation to find food, shrews are thought to only use this ability to get a sense of their territory.
Are shrews blind?
Shrews need to quickly find and conquer their prey. They have poor eyesight and often live in thick covers full of obstacles. 2018
Can shrews kill you?
Shrews rarely attack humans. But if a shrews bite you, don't worry. Poisons can be very dangerous to small animals, but not to us.
Are shrews dead and playing?
CharlesT writes: They are also dead and playing-perhaps it was just pretending until you left.
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