Wednesday 27 November, 2024

Tiny baby shrews walk in formation as 'Shrew Caravan'

This is the cutest thing we’ve ever seen.

HOW DOES A family of shrews get from one place to another?

In a ‘shrew caravan’. According to the BBC:

When disturbed from the nest, young shrews sometimes follow their mother in caravan fashion, using their flexible snouts to hold on to the tail of the sibling in front.

Here it is in action:

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Tiny baby shrews walk in formation as 'Shrew Caravan'

Smug construction worker learns very mucky lesson>

Westboro Baptist protest destroyed… by Ke$ha’s backing dancers>