Tiny Water Shrews Are the "Cheetahs of the Wetlands"

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A water shrew is an insectivore no bigger than a thumb but don't let its size fool you.
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A water shrew is a tiny insectivore no bigger than a human thumb. Because of poor eyesight, they must rely on a complex hunting strategy.
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@nikiTricoteuse 10 месяцев назад

Loved seeing some of the smaller creatures getting a turn in the spotlight. What an extraordinary wee animal.

@7ra44 9 месяцев назад

its a rat

@nikiTricoteuse 9 месяцев назад

@@7ra44 Not even the same species.

@De_Rain52 3 месяца назад

@@7ra44It’s not. It’s much smaller than a rat and it’s not even a rodent so I don’t even know what you mean.

@danieldevito6380 10 месяцев назад

It's crazy how a blind land animal is able to go under water and sniff out water creatures

@horst-detlefkrawutschke8469 10 месяцев назад

@JohnnytNatural Because sight is no longer necessary to keep that species capable of reproduction. You could say the same about penguins. Why did they forget to fly? They don't have to because they adapted to their environment in a super efficient way without the need to fly. That's how evolution works. Adapting to the environment in the most efficient way possible.

@horst-detlefkrawutschke8469 10 месяцев назад

@JohnnytNatural Yes, I too think it's because they live underground and only come out to hunt under water, where their mammal eyes are pretty useless. So the only thing they would use their eyes for would be to locate the water source, i guess? And that's a very small portion of their tasks in life, and their ears or nose could do the job too. So, with working eyes they would have a higher demand of energy/food, but since sight is not that important in their life, nature choses to just get rid of it for efficiency. Strange thing but it all comes down to how to save the species, no matter if you can see it happening or just feel it in your whiskers :D

@theduckster01 9 месяцев назад

@JohnnytNatural I don't think sight is automatically beneficial. It takes energy for the brain to process images and video, and having larger eyes requires more blood and nutrients to maintain the eyes.

@jessebeegee 9 месяцев назад

@JohnnytNaturalu seem to believe sight is beneficial because your life is built around it meanwhile penguins still have their wings

@wambito377 5 месяцев назад

@@jessebeegee Flippers

@THEchiQ 10 месяцев назад

That fuzzy little dumpling being compared to a cheetah just made my day.

@kanealoha Год назад

Who doesn’t love cute diving mammals?????

@roberthill7458 Год назад

Some days I feel like a shrew.

@ohboilien Год назад

Yeah same

@wood-wheel-wizard Год назад

Could you elaborate on this?

@Bluefire42156 10 месяцев назад

I think he means that he eats a lot sometimes

@TitanKaiju75 10 месяцев назад

That just means you're a "Cheetah of the Wetlands". 😎

@holliepop 10 месяцев назад

Some days you're the shrimp, some days you're the shrew.

@_robustus_ 10 месяцев назад

* Fun fact* Hey kids! Did you know that shrews ARE NOT rodents? They’re Eulipotyphla, which comprises the hedgehogs, gymnures, solenodons, the desmans and moles.

@sethnaugle984 10 месяцев назад

You're a Euripotyphla!

@feuerling 10 месяцев назад

And some of them are venomous :)

@myriamickx7969 10 месяцев назад

They are indeed not rodents, as a simple look at their teeth will show you.

@milesjolly6173 10 месяцев назад

I’m not a kid but thanks!

@anita2293 10 месяцев назад

i suspected it, they kinda look like tiny moles with tails

@tastyscavenger 10 месяцев назад

I like that despite being "the cheetah" it still looks like a watermelon.

@benzamg32m68 10 месяцев назад

Ha ha, I was chuckling because he looked like he was struggling to stay underwater with his buoyant physique 😊

@BillyJupiter 9 месяцев назад

I wonder what would happen if you'd mix a cheetah with a shrew.

@santasangre996 27 дней назад

@@BillyJupiteroy, you'd get a chew

@brianorr308 10 месяцев назад

Cool stuff. Took me second to realize, but that footage was shot through a glass terrarium/aquarium. You can see both the shrew and the crayfish walking along an invisible surface with their legs here and there.

@Meager02 10 месяцев назад

1:53 That's a very cute face rub. 10/10

@Madamoizillion 10 месяцев назад

Imagine having a lobster dinner and the lobster is half your size.

@shawneldridge4465 Год назад

this water shrew is so little and so cute, For sure he or she is.

@russcatt5952 Год назад

Some days I go a few hours with out a meal. I can relate 😊

@touremuhammad5983 Год назад

Fun fact: Star-Nosed Moles hunt underwater using the same strategy as Water shrews.

@adpirtle Год назад

BBC's Wild Isles just aired a video about these guys. They are amazing little hunters.

@machshfive 10 месяцев назад

Sniffing underwater! 😮

@choryferguson2196 10 месяцев назад

What a fascinating and amazing little creature!

@jakethepillowsnake5302 10 месяцев назад

Love to see our boy feasting on seafood, living his best life.

@mmps18 Год назад

Beautiful shrews 😍

@alanstrong55 10 месяцев назад

I kept laughing when I saw an illustration of a shrew in a school dictionary. Even made it tough for the barber to cut my hair. Got me in sort of a fix.

@roadgoeseveron7128 Год назад

i want to see more wetlands stuff .. way to underused in nature doks

@wesleyvantilborg 10 месяцев назад

I think so too

@chrisstehlik9030 10 месяцев назад

Water shrew: What about 3rd breakfast? Has no one heard of 3rd breakfest ?

@kevinfitzpatrick2695 Год назад

Heck yeah, this dude rules.

@SuperMiIk 10 месяцев назад

They're so cute

@jody024 10 месяцев назад

Nature is truly amazing! Evolution baby!!

@mikefishhead 10 месяцев назад

Saw one while looking down in a brook in mass October mtn state park it was much larger than a regular one but still made that chirping noise while crossing the brook .

@cynthiamadrid1430 9 месяцев назад

A perfect fairytale creature. Thank you.

@peterbernhardt4429 10 месяцев назад

Konrad Lorenz devoted a chapter of his book "King Solomon's Rings" to his experiences and personal observations while keeping a colony of water shrews in captivity.

@twinflowerfioretta Год назад

interesting new knowledge, fantastc fiming !☝👍

@jans_ Год назад

shrew the ways of water

@curiousnerdkitteh 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful footage and great voiceover. What a fascinating showdown! Glad to have discovered this channel!

@Rethaxian 9 месяцев назад

So cute.

@Cheyemos 9 месяцев назад

What a cute little shrew 🥰🥰🥰

@michaelmunsey5660 10 месяцев назад

Nature is absolutely amazing! Thanks for this cool video :)

@russlehman2070 4 месяца назад

I never knew these animal existed until I saw one in the wild. I was on a backpack camping trip in the Gore Range of Colorado. I was filling my water bottle from a small creek when I saw a "mouse" (first impression) swimming by, completely submerged. When I got home I started doing some internet research and figured out what I had seen, and that I had not lost my marbles.

@ryanwaege7251 10 месяцев назад

They boop their food!

@highlandlab1924 10 месяцев назад

At 0:28 . " Ayyy that was a good snack but this salty dog needs more"

@g.o.a.t9804 10 месяцев назад

Yes! Get that sucker! I never thought I'd see a dragonfly nymph run from another animal.

@dfhidfs239 9 месяцев назад

The shrew cries out in pain as he strikes the prey.

@scrubjay93 9 месяцев назад

Crazy photography!

@beholdjesusiscomingsoon8238 Год назад

This is the best animal hunting video iv seen So beautifuly done

@MtnMig 10 месяцев назад

How was this filmed. Shrews are incredibly hard to work with. Pretty amazing, thanks

@johnnycochringesq5525 10 месяцев назад

Looks like a terrarium/aquarium. The lighting looks too even for natural

@rafael_lana 9 месяцев назад

@@johnnycochringesq5525you can also see his feet hitting the glass, could be a glass box to protect the camera or an enclosure

@mikeboshko2623 8 месяцев назад

I worked with a shrew once that was very pleasant.

@christine.m.b.2026 9 месяцев назад

Nagy bájos kis cickány.❤️☺️

@Thankyou423.3 9 месяцев назад

Animals literally have super powers

@DonnaLMunro 9 месяцев назад

I think a longer episode would be good. Very cute.

@oliveyule 10 месяцев назад

I was expecting this video to be longer. Very interesting.

@nancythompson350 9 месяцев назад

What a cute little creature with extraordinary skills. Very impressive!?

@Babesinthewood97 10 месяцев назад

So sweet ❤

@AuspexAstarte Год назад

Buddy is that lawrencious fishburnious?🙀😎

@halogenzawgi9410 Год назад

I'm SPEED

@ney57e 10 месяцев назад

I love how the hunting scene is clearly in an aquarium lol

@joseph2832 10 месяцев назад

Okuuuurt

@curiousnerdkitteh 10 месяцев назад

Wow! That was amazing!

@1969kodiakbear Год назад

Diving mammal. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)

@tornadosirenwednesday Год назад

How have you been doing since?

@1969kodiakbear Год назад

@@tornadosirenwednesday Good

@joseph2832 10 месяцев назад

@@1969kodiakbear :(

@brighterdaylaw9126 9 месяцев назад

tiny yet mighty

@Rat_mouse_rodent_thing 9 месяцев назад

cutest thing on earth 🥰

@nessae354 9 месяцев назад

My new spirit animal

@lucaspodesta6799 9 месяцев назад

very cute

@voiceofreason2674 10 месяцев назад

This lil dude like crawfish and I can't blame him I like them too !

@shroomzzz 10 месяцев назад

Awesome video

@hendu7111 9 месяцев назад

kind of a shrewd little animal!

@Soundsaboutright42 9 месяцев назад

Shrews are OGs

@Tygearianus 9 месяцев назад

Redwall taught me that all shrews talk with a Romani accent

@marcielong6978 10 месяцев назад

God sure created magnificent creatures!!!

@nancythompson350 9 месяцев назад

Our Lord sure knew what he was doing when he was creating!

@Max_SiddiQ 9 месяцев назад

for these insects he is like a licker from resident evil 😂

@wakeup01 9 месяцев назад

Nice aquarium

@EhCloserLook 10 месяцев назад

Amazing video!

@sdqsdq6274 5 месяцев назад

shrew always like to bite mine feet , lol

@peteyprimo7173 9 месяцев назад

I once read an article about Michael Phelps diet when competing and from my vague memory he may challenge this shrew as a diving mammal with a faster metabolism

@stacyrussell460 Месяц назад

I looked up videos on shrews bc my daughter & I noticed one in our backyard recently. It was running into a hole carrying a peanut I put out for squirrels. Cute little mouse like critter. I'm worried about it being in the yard bc my daughter's cat likes to go on adventures in the yard & we don't want anyone getting hurt (cat or shrew).

@MichaelLee-do7wb 4 месяца назад

Shrews are cool they let u pick em up w no bite tax