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It is very interesting- shrews are venomous mammals.
Spotted on Aug 21, 2011
Submitted on Aug 28, 2011
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Just to clear up: "Although its external appearance is generally that of a long-nosed mouse, a shrew is not a rodent, as mice are, and is in fact more closely related to moles. Shrews have sharp, spike-like teeth, not the familiar gnawing front incisor teeth of rodents." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrew
Yes- apparently this guy's saliva contains enough venom to kill 200 mice. I don't think that shrews are dangerous to humans, though. They don't seem to have fangs like most venomous creatures, just fairly standard rodent teeth.
Shrews are venomous? I never knew that.