Has anyone ever seen a Pygmy Shrew?

dlofnep

I haven't! I'm pretty sure it's one of this other urban myths that apparently exist in Ireland, like Leprechauns and Leitrim!

Has anyone ever seen one of these little chaps?

My name is URL

Yeah, I'm pretty sure my cat kills them as a hobby

poor little bastards

Silverfish

Yes. They are cute, yet weird.

Like a little tiny mouse with a freaky little nose.

TheZohanS

Yes, saw a dead one once, they're tiny.

GLaDOS

I saw one in the London Museum of Natural History the other day if that helps

Tomebagel

anything to the african pygmy hedgehog?

dlofnep

Absolutely not. They are sworn enemies.

Joe Cool

Used to be a picture of one by the door in The Sportsman's Inn in Cullahill, closest I've come to seeing one.

marcsignal

one here, weird, like a cross between a mouse and an ant eater

InkSlinger67

Nah, the hippies have licked them all to extinction

Kradock

I once slept with one , she was tiny but real cute , turned out to be the biggest bitch in her village.

steamjetjoe

Ive seen some in the Pheonix park. Along the ditch that surrounds Ashtown castle.

El Guapo!

Heres one..............

http://anthonygeorge.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/bono.jpg

Boxfresh

I seen one. Her name was Gillian Mc Keith

galwayrush

What do they taste like?
This is a food thread right?

MikeC101

Tomebagel wrote: »

anything to the african pygmy hedgehog?

*Furiously tries to think of pun involving thorny issue...prickly situation...ahhhh...writers block...*

pikachucheeks

No,
but it does sound fun to say.

marcsignal

tbh, when i saw the thread title first, i misread it and thought it said Pygmy Stew

Joey the lips

Pygmy Shrews like catching men in cages made of solid gold!

kraggy

Boxfresh wrote: »

I seen one. Her name was Gillian Mc Keith

No, he said "Pygmy Shrew", not "Examine me Poo".

Snowie

yep i kicked my cat once cause he tried to eat one..... there cool lookin things

Seaneh

Used to catch them when I was a kid.
Field mice too.

IvyTheTerrible

I saw a mammy pigmy shrew and lots of baby shrews in my parents garden a few years ago. They're tiny!

Joey the lips

Pygmy ( Potassium)
Shrews ( Sodium )
Like ( Lithum)
Catching ( Calcium )
Men ( Magnesium )
In
Cages ( Cesium )
Made ( Mercury )
of
Solid ( Silver )
Gold ( Gold )





Better known to all you chemists as the periodic table ofMetal elements. Courtasy of a DCU student to a trinity comprehensive student. How life becomes easier when you rhyme something.

Tomebagel

MikeC101 wrote: »

*Furiously tries to think of pun involving thorny issue...prickly situation...ahhhh...writers block...*

roighhtttt....well,lets move on

smileysurfer

saw one only a couple of weeks ago

Wertz

I've rescued a few from my cats over the years. Cool little noses on them.

Das Kitty

Spotted one last Friday hopping across a path at work between two areas of long grass. I had seen one when I was a kid but the poor little bugger was dead, that's how I recognised him.

That place is a great place for wildlife for some reason, there was a hare last march going mental for me as I approached and I saw a fox skulking about into the long grass once.

An Fear Aniar

TheZohan wrote: »

Yes, saw a dead one once, they're tiny.

Me too, in Mayo. Couldn't get over how tiny it was.

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WindSock

Yes. In Howth after a gorse fire, many, many moons ago. At first I thought it was a baby mouse, but its face was all pointy.

Gaspode

dlofnep wrote: »

I haven't! I'm pretty sure it's one of this other urban myths that apparently exist in Ireland, like Leprechauns and Leitrim!

Has anyone ever seen one of these little chaps?

Yes, plenty of them in the fields beside us.