shrew shot venom through blood red teeth


	shrew shot venom through blood red teeth

doodleicious

5-22-2009 11:36 AM

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doodleicious says:

more on the "giant" lil-shrew...........eeeeew.........
sounds creepy-lol-strange critter

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Scientists have found the fossil remains in Spain of a new species of mega-shrew that was capable of shooting venom out of blood-colored teeth.
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The researchers describe <A href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=animals&c=news&l=on&pic=090519-shrew-jaw-02.jpg&cap=One+of+the+mandibles+(part+of+the+jaw)+of+the+extinct+shrew%2C+Dolinasorex+glyphodon%2C+found+in+Spain.+Foto:+J.+Trueba&title=">the extinct shrew</A>, <EM>Dolinasorex glyphodon</EM>, as "giant." Its <A href="http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_090519_shrew">body mass</A> reached only 2.1 ounces (60 grams), but that is about four times heavier than a modern, large-sized member of the same family of insect-eating shrews (the Soricidae), such as the water shrew (<EM>Neomys fodiens</EM>) which weighs in at around half an ounce (14 grams). 
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