meet the hyperactive short-tailed shrew
under stress the shrews heart beats at
1,300 times per minute and the Shrew
burns so much energy if it misses one
meal it can die so it’s under stress
most of the time the shrews life is
simple in this Virginia garden hunt for
food for an hour sleep for an hour
glands on the Shrew stomach give off a
musky smell which means that a predator
needs a pretty strong stomach to take
one on the garter snake is up for it
this is one of the great hunters in a
backyard garden it tastes the air with
its tongue and picks up a whip of the
musky shrew the garter snake has steel
trap jaws he’s ready to tussle but the
snake is the one without venom the
short-tailed shrew on the other hand is
the only North American mammal with a
poisonous bike that’s why the Shrew
isn’t shy about battle the Shrew goes
right for the garter snakes neck
oh the snake is in big trouble it’s
muscles go slack it’s breathing slows
paralysis will soon set in if the Shrew
left it alone instead the Shrew makes a
feast of its phone in a garden shed
another shrew looks for a meal but they
have terrible eyesight and they’re
solitary animals so these two shrews
aren’t aware of each other until they
bumble into each other and then this
garden isn’t big enough for the both of
us this is not a fast motion effect this
is a real time battle between two
hyperactive short tails fruits the
winner gets the other’s territory the
loser probably men’s up as lunch let’s
slow it down so you can see just how
extreme this dance of death really is
this is just like professional
WrestleMania even though both
contestants have poisonous bites experts
aren’t sure if shrews are immune from
their own species venom battles like
this can go on for over a half an hour
who’s going to emerge the victor look at
that heinie bike yikes oh wait a minute
it looks like it’s gonna be a draw each
combatant retreats to its home turf to
lick its wounds and plan the next battle
under stress the shrews heart beats at
1,300 times per minute and the Shrew
burns so much energy if it misses one
meal it can die so it’s under stress
most of the time the shrews life is
simple in this Virginia garden hunt for
food for an hour sleep for an hour
glands on the Shrew stomach give off a
musky smell which means that a predator
needs a pretty strong stomach to take
one on the garter snake is up for it
this is one of the great hunters in a
backyard garden it tastes the air with
its tongue and picks up a whip of the
musky shrew the garter snake has steel
trap jaws he’s ready to tussle but the
snake is the one without venom the
short-tailed shrew on the other hand is
the only North American mammal with a
poisonous bike that’s why the Shrew
isn’t shy about battle the Shrew goes
right for the garter snakes neck
oh the snake is in big trouble it’s
muscles go slack it’s breathing slows
paralysis will soon set in if the Shrew
left it alone instead the Shrew makes a
feast of its phone in a garden shed
another shrew looks for a meal but they
have terrible eyesight and they’re
solitary animals so these two shrews
aren’t aware of each other until they
bumble into each other and then this
garden isn’t big enough for the both of
us this is not a fast motion effect this
is a real time battle between two
hyperactive short tails fruits the
winner gets the other’s territory the
loser probably men’s up as lunch let’s
slow it down so you can see just how
extreme this dance of death really is
this is just like professional
WrestleMania even though both
contestants have poisonous bites experts
aren’t sure if shrews are immune from
their own species venom battles like
this can go on for over a half an hour
who’s going to emerge the victor look at
that heinie bike yikes oh wait a minute
it looks like it’s gonna be a draw each
combatant retreats to its home turf to
lick its wounds and plan the next battle
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