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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

1.8 grams? That cute thing should float quite well!

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

What are you suggesting should happen to it?!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

All I'm saying is that it can survive trouble with the mob just fine. Ain't no sleeping with the fishes for this rodent!

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