About: Eurasian water shrew

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Weight: 14 g Location: Europe, Northern Asia This shrew has water-repellant fur so it can keep dry. It's tail has a row of bristles, which may help with swimming. The shrew hunts for food under water, killing insects, small fish, and frogs with a poisonous bite. It also feeds on land, where it preys on worms, beetles, and grubs.

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rdfs:label	Eurasian water shrew Eurasian Water Shrew
rdfs:comment	Weight: 14 g Location: Europe, Northern Asia This shrew has water-repellant fur so it can keep dry. It's tail has a row of bristles, which may help with swimming. The shrew hunts for food under water, killing insects, small fish, and frogs with a poisonous bite. It also feeds on land, where it preys on worms, beetles, and grubs. The Eurasian water shrew, (Neomys fodiens), known in the United Kingdom as the water shrew, is a relatively large shrew, up to 10 cm (4 in) long, with a tail up to three-quarters as long again. It has short, dark fur, often with a few white tufts, a white belly, and a few stiff hairs around the feet and tail. It lives close to fresh water, hunting aquatic insects, snails, molluscs and small amphibians, especially newts, and other prey in the water and nearby. Its fur traps bubbles of air in the water which greatly aids its buoyancy, but requires it to anchor itself to remain underwater for more than the briefest of dives.
sameAs	dbr:Eurasian_water_shrew
dcterms:subject	IUCN Red List least concern species
abstract	The Eurasian water shrew, (Neomys fodiens), known in the United Kingdom as the water shrew, is a relatively large shrew, up to 10 cm (4 in) long, with a tail up to three-quarters as long again. It has short, dark fur, often with a few white tufts, a white belly, and a few stiff hairs around the feet and tail. It lives close to fresh water, hunting aquatic insects, snails, molluscs and small amphibians, especially newts, and other prey in the water and nearby. Its fur traps bubbles of air in the water which greatly aids its buoyancy, but requires it to anchor itself to remain underwater for more than the briefest of dives. Like many shrews, the water shrew has venomous saliva, making it one of the few venomous mammals, although it is not able to puncture the skin of large animals such as humans. Highly territorial, it lives a solitary life and is found throughout northern Eurasia, from Ireland to North Korea. Weight: 14 g Location: Europe, Northern Asia This shrew has water-repellant fur so it can keep dry. It's tail has a row of bristles, which may help with swimming. The shrew hunts for food under water, killing insects, small fish, and frogs with a poisonous bite. It also feeds on land, where it preys on worms, beetles, and grubs.

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