What Do Shrews Look Like?

Recently, this shrew was found in Dallas, TX. Here are a few facts about shrews in the Dallas area:

• A shrew is one of the smallest mammals
• They grow up to three inches in length
• They are grayish to reddish brown
• They have poor eye sight and hearing
• They use echolocation which creates a multiple number of clicks which helps them in direction
• They hunt by smell and touch, usually digging through leaf litter to find prey
• They will also eat seeds, fruit, insects and corpses of dead animals
• They eat the internal organs of such things as crickets and grasshoppers
• They have also been found inside bee hives
• They also will live in shallow runways or burrows
• They are very social creatures
• Their number one predators are skunks, snakes, owls, hawks, raccoons and red foxes
• They can run very quick.

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