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Shrew Culture, Myths, Stories and Poisonous Facts.. ... 4096 Pearson, O.P. (1942): On the cause and nature of a poisonous action produced by the bite of a shrew (Blarina brevicauda). J. Mamm. 23 (2): 159-166.
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Stories about Shrews: Encounter with an African Forest Shrew - Gerald Durrell ... Chittering to himself, the shrew trotted rapidly after the snail and every soon overtook it. Uttering a high-pitched squeak, it flung itself on that portion of the snail which protruded from the rear of the shell and sank its teeth into it.
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Venomous mammals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Venomous mammals are animals of the class Mammalia that produce venom, which they use to kill or disable prey, or to defend themselves from predators. In modern nature, venomous mammals are quite rar...
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The remains also reveal that the red-toothed shrew was capable of "injecting toxic saliva" like snakes do, via a "narrow and conspicuous channel" located on the inside surface of its lower incisors, said Juan Rofes, lead author of a new study of the shrew and a researcher in the Paleontology Department at the University...
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thedragonstales.blogspot.com/2009/05/giant-poisonous-sh...
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efficient transmission of the poisonous saliva to paralyze relatively large-sized prey. Keywords Envenomation apparatus . Poisonous shrews . ...
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Fossil Collector’s Code of Conduct; June 6, 2007 | Scottish Natural Heritage; Scottish Natural Heritage has developed a draft code of conduct for fossil... ... The fossil of a new shrew species was found in Burgos, Spain. The creature apparently had red teeth which were used to inject poison into its enemies or prey.
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Linzey and Linzey, 1973). The short-tailed shrew is the only poisonous mammal in North America. The poison is both a neurotoxin and a hemotoxin. The poison is produced by the submaxillary salivary gland and is present in the saliva.
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American short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda); Length: 10-13 cm(body) 2.5 cm(tail); Weight: 28 grams; Located: Southeastern Canada and northeastern ; United States to Texas, Louisiana, and the southern tip of Florida.
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www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/1999/Rachal/rachal2...
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