Unusual drowning in captive short-tailed shrews
Three captive short-tailed shrews ( Blarina brevicauda ) drowned in attempting underwater escapes from their cages.
American Midland Naturalist↗
Geology topics
Lawrence J. Blus
Publications and source records attributed to Lawrence J. Blus.
Adoption of a nestling house mouse by a female short-tailed shrew
A nursing female short-tailed shrew ( Blarina brevicauda ) adopted a nestling house mouse ( Mus musculus ). The mouse was observed in the nest with the female and her litter of shrews three days after it was introduced into the aluminum box containing the shrews, but it was found dead in the nest four days later.
American Midland Naturalist↗