[HN Gopher] A Mount Lyell shrew has just been photographed alive
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A Mount Lyell shrew has just been photographed alive
Author : nithinj
Score : 70 points
Date : 2025-02-02 01:32 UTC (3 days ago)
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| thih9 wrote:
| Mount Lyell shrew
|
| Image: https://metro.co.uk/wp-
| content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236362254...
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| Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lyell_shrew
| spondylosaurus wrote:
| Cute little critter!
|
| Looking at that Wikipedia page, I didn't realize there were
| multiple "grading" systems for conservation risk. Interesting
| that two different systems have two different risk assessments
| for the same animal.
| Loughla wrote:
| Shrews are cute but MEAN.
|
| A few years ago we had a couple of feet of snow in a day. As
| I was snow blowing the driveway, I noticed all these little
| tunnels on the edge that was cut off by the side of the
| blower.
|
| Then I saw a tiny little animal. I thought he was a mole. So
| I took my glove off and picked him up, as a good hillbilly
| would do.
|
| That thing bit me like fifteen times up my thumb before I
| could react to yeet him across the yard.
|
| Lesson learned.
| tyre wrote:
| That doesn't sound mean. It sounds like you shouldn't pick
| up a wild animal.
| not2b wrote:
| The shrew had to assume you were going to eat it, and it
| did what it needed to do to escape.
| relwin wrote:
| Didn't you ever watch "The Killer Shrews"?
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killer_Shrews
| lief79 wrote:
| I had a northern short tailed shrew running around my
| basement. After luckily live catching it (and getting the
| correct id), I also discovered that they are mildly
| venomous. Go figure.
|
| Wish it hadn't found a way into the house, as I would have
| liked to have it keep clearing pests out of my yard. It got
| dropped off else where quickly, after a snack.
| corytheboyd wrote:
| Thank you! I have no patience for articles headlined with
| "Picture of rare <blank> taken!" that do not lead with the
| picture. If I want to read more about it, I will, but lead with
| the damn image. I know I know, the whole point is to show me
| ads, etc. Still gonna fart my fart into the wind I guess.
| skrebbel wrote:
| Seriously a title like that and it's not Bigfoot?
| giancarlostoro wrote:
| With the timeline we're in, it's only a matter of time?
| loganmarchione wrote:
| I want to believe
| maxweylandt wrote:
| Very well done, always nice to see non (not yet?) professional
| scientists contribute :)
|
| This reminds me I've been meaning to set up a moth trap.
| palmotea wrote:
| > The Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) is 9 to 10 centimeters
| long and weighs between 2 and 3 grams, according to the
| researchers' measurements.
|
| That's got to be a typo...
| shpongled wrote:
| Probably 20-30 grams. Average lab mouse is around that weight
| and length [1]
|
| [1] https://www.jax.org/jax-mice-and-services/strain-data-
| sheet-...
| Finnucane wrote:
| The reason they're never seen alive is because they're actually
| balloon animals.
| s0rce wrote:
| Must be, a typical hummingbird weighs more than that (4g).
| hnburnsy wrote:
| No typo apparently...
|
| >Editor's note: This story was corrected at 12:15 p.m., Jan.
| 17, to clarify that the shrews weigh 2 to 3 grams, according to
| the researchers' measurements.
| pipeline_peak wrote:
| A shrew that has been seen by few has now been seen by more...
|
| That should be the title, not god damn Big Foot level
| anticipation.
| thangalin wrote:
| "Shrewd mammal evaded photography for decades."
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