Hail *me* the mighty huntress

What, exactly, does a shrew look like? Every time I hear the word I think
of Shakespeare's 'Taming of...' and while I know that refers to a rather
unhappy wife, apparently this isn't a critter you wanted to tame

Jill

Here you go

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/cshrew.htm

Cheers, helen s


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sort of like a mole.
Christine


No, quite different. A shrew is much smaller, has a longer tail and doesn't
have the strong, large front digging legs & feet a mole has.

See

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/cshrew.htm

Cheers, helen s


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That thing sure looks like a deformed rat to me. I don't think they live
around here (whew).
But RED TEETH? C'mon, now.......did the one you killed have red teeth?
Sounds like a LOTR critter, computer-generated-or-enhanced.



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deformed rat to me. I don't think they live
around here (whew).
But RED TEETH? C'mon, now.......did the one you killed have red teeth?
Sounds like a LOTR critter, computer-generated-or-enhanced.

I didn't kill it! I set it free - dark orange teeth.

Cheers, helen s


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Waffles must be so proud! Please provide details of how you accomplished
this great feat.
Annie

Well.. I got down on all fours and I kept my head level, still and had
eyes
fixed on my prey...I mean shrew I was about to rescue. Keeping my head
aboslutely still, I wiggled me bum a bit to make sure I was ready and then
I
pounced to pick up a shocked shrew by the tail :-)



Sounds like the only way to do it correctly ;-)


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Jette Goldie

Apache and Dakota
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html

What an interesting link! Thanks, Helen.
Best wishes,
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Polonca & Soncek

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See

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/cshrew.htm

"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote

But RED TEETH? C'mon, now.......did the one you killed have red teeth?
Sounds like a LOTR critter, computer-generated-or-enhanced.

I didn't kill it! I set it free - dark orange teeth.

I've never noticed the colour of a shrew's teeth, though Nikki sometimes
brings them in when there are no voles around to hunt on the island. She
never eats them, of course - no self-respecting cat eats shrews. Apparently,
they don't taste very good. Yet she always kills them, the poor little
things.

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Marina, Frank and Nikki
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Hobbes, Selena and Lacey are so very impressed that I know a hooman who
knows the proper way to hunt. They have decided that all is not lost
with our species and that perhaps we can all be trained as proper
cat-hoomans with enough time and effort.

They say to congratulate Waffles for her expert instruction.

Julie, Hobbes, Selena and Lacey

Purrs on the way that this poor doggy can be reunited with its hoomans
very soon.
Julie, Hobbes, Selena and Lacey

Hobbes, Selena and Lacey are so very impressed that I know a hooman who
knows the proper way to hunt. They have decided that all is not lost
with our species and that perhaps we can all be trained as proper
cat-hoomans with enough time and effort.

Please thank them for their kind purrs, and give them some earscritches from
me, thanks :-)

They say to congratulate Waffles for her expert instruction.

Will do :-)

Cheers, helen s

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