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a speedlight at 1/10,000 of a second.
That mouse my cat delivered to
the shrew never had a chance. The
bite of the short-tailed shrew is not
unlike that of a small cobra. In one
experiment, six milligrams of the
pulverized salivary gland of a shrew
killed a mouse weighing 20 grams.
Another test quickly brought la-
bored breathing, pop eyes and pa-
ralysis. This mouse convulsed in
death in less than three minutes.
In this experiment the shrew's sa-
liva was injected directly into the
mouse's head where the nerve poi-
son acts fast. With the action I ob-
served, the shrew first bit the
mouse on the thigh, thus prolonging
the action of the poison until he
could get to the head—his eventual
target. I am told that most shrew
attacks are directly on the head.
The scientist mnriiirtina the ex-
morning I had a nauseated, hang-
over feeling and felt a little sick for
four days. That ended my personal
investigation of short-tailed shrews.
If a 1/15-of-an-ounce (never more
than 4/5ths of an ounce) mite could
do that to a 175-pound man, then
there was no contest.
I still see them everywhere (in
five groups, of a dozen kinds, with
only two poisonous). They inhabit
North America by the millions.
Those tiny figures you see darting
across the road in front of your
car's headlights aren't mice at all.
They are short-tailed shrews. Mice
are slower, larger, lighter colored.
These literally are backyard mon-
sters. They are found everywhere
except in the concrete jungles of
cities. Where there is food and suffi-
cient cover, there are shrews. And
with anvthin? uri to three limes
near the surface of the ground. The
grass nest is shaped like a baseball,
and naturalists believe both parents
build it. In one week the blind,
naked, fly-sized youngsters are be-
ginning to get fur; in two weeks they
are completely covered, their ears
open, teeth appear; in just under a
month their insane little black eyes
open. The father has been dis-
missed from the operation shortly
after the nest is ready. As soon as
the young shrew's eyes open they
also are on their own. I have no
doubt that if the mother didn't
push them out into the world, that
they might decide that she looked
good enough to eat.
How many shrews do a pair pro-
duce in a year? Ernest P. Walker,
assistant director of the National
Zoological Park, had one pair that
raised 66 voiinp in under 12 months.
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