The real Pygmy Shrew

Para a Carina, que não acredita que o Pygmy Shrew existe:

"The Pygmy Shrew (Dallóg Fhraoigh) -- : is Ireland's smallest mammal and it is the only shrew found here. It is only half the length of a mouse and weighs less than a 10p coin. It length is on average about 92 mm, of which 38 mm is its tail. Its average weight is about 3.5 grams. This is about half the length and a quarter the weight of an average mouse. The Pygmy Shrew has velvet like fur, is dark brown in colour and has a pink snout with long whiskers all around it. It has very poor eyesight and it hunts by smell and by touch. When looking for food it uses it's nose and feeds on grasshoppers, spiders,worms, snails and woodlice. The Pygmy Shrew spends most of the daysearching for food and when hunting it often squeaks (...)"