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The
pygmy shrew is brown on top, sort of gray below, and the size
of a dime. It is smallest mammal in the world! It lives about
15 to 16 months. It lives in forests and water. It likes to eat
small beetles and wood lice. Predators of the pygmy shrew are
skunks, foxes, snakes, owls, hawks, opossums, and other carnivorous
mammals. The babies drink their mothers milk for about 4 weeks
when they leave their mom. The pygmy shrew does not hibernate
during the winter. The pygmy shrew is partly nocturnal because
it has to hunt for food during the night and day. It is not endangered
in Ohio. The pygmy shrew is a very interesting mammal: it can
float in the water and they are so scared of loud noises that
they sometimes die from the sound of thunder!
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