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Myosorex varius
Small and gray all over. My friend was trying to scruff him so we could take pictures and this guy was squirming around so much and biting anything within reach.
While we were out at night looking for herps, we were walking down the road to another pond, and this guy was running down the road at us. The guy in front yelled to us there was a mouse running at us and someone had to catch it. Several people managed to pin it to the ground with a cupped hand, and he bit everyone that did that and got away. Eventually someone grabbed a cloth bag and just grabbed him and threw him in there really quickly. We kept him in a bucket overnight with lots of insects we caught for him. First thing in the morning we photographed him and released him.
Spotted on Jan 3, 2014
Submitted on Jan 19, 2014
2 Comments
You let it bite you with sharp teethe? You are brave.
Nice catch! Good thing it's small, with that attitude and a good bite.