20K views · 323 reactions | Turns out we found a shrew not a mole. It’s even more Nat Geo than I thought 藍 #shrew #ranchlife #funnyfarm #tamingoftheshrew | Paige Murray’s Boots & Biscuits | Facebook

This baby American Shrew Mole, our first baby mammal of 2020, was separated from his mother when a gardener in SE Portland found him while clearing a wood chip pile from their driveway. This incredible species creates networks of shallow tunnels through leaf litter or under brushy cover, and uses their semi-prehensile nose to find and manipulate their prey, which includes earthworms, slugs, snails, and insects. Shrew moles, brush rabbits, and ground-nesting birds like Dark-eyed Juncos are some o

Y'all really seemed to find the Northern Short-tailed Shrew — one of the few venomous mammals in the world — very interesting, so here's a video of one in action, accompanied by some more fun facts for you! Most people know of shrews from either the use of the word as an insult or from William Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew, but these tiny critters are super interesting. The southern Appalachians are a hotspot for shrew diversity in North America and are cousins to another misunders