FURRY FRIDAY ON SATURDAY!
THE EURASIAN PYGMY SHREW
(Sorex minutus)
weighing in at just 4g
with a 2inch (52mm) body and 32mm (1¾inch) tail
is the tiniest mammal in Europe
and the second tiniest in the world
(after the African pygmy mouse)
In a hand: to scale:~
How tiny and cute!
It's actually slightly smaller than the exceedingly agile Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
Which is very tiny and cute too!
Also very little in comparison to the human hand:
And quite a lot smaller than the Mongolian pygmy hamster
(Phodopus roborovskii)
~ better known as the roborovski hammy,
which is the tiniest hammy in the world
and, at just 50mm/2inches no longer in the body
but which weighs an average 20-25g ~ 5-6 times more
How delightful! This one's a teenager:
Pygmy shrew on Youtube:
Roborovski hamsters in the wild
(Northern China):~
Yes, as my American friends like to say, they are indeed
"SO ADORABLE!"
(We in Britain tend to prefer "delightful" ~ and of course they're both!)
WISHING Y'ALL A VERY FURRY WEEKEND INDEED!
Happy you're doing so well and being productive :) :) :) :) :)
ReplyDeleteWondering - how are the new changes in benefits affecting you? Upon reading the plans - eye thought "Oh wonderful, copy US policies, invite in our problems." But it seems after they unveiled what they're really doing (other than potential drops in income for some people) is more a superficial exercise than anything else - making the officials appear "tough" but not really changing anything. Sure, 6 months of being on task may turn things around for some people, but for many others it won't. etc
I hate being on benefits. I so want my book to take off so I can get a career in writing and stay OFF benefits for good. I really don't feel well enough for a conventional job. I mean many days I can barely get up in the morning, but I do my writing dressed in slobby clothes I slept in, on the sofa. And it can easily take me an hour to do a single page in first draft.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know, benefits are being cut the most for people not working with big families. They're imposing a cap of about £35,000 (which is still $50,000!) a year.
They're trying to chuck as many people off sick as possible, but because my problems sound so horrendous on paper ~ well, I mean, they are. I still get manic, depressed and paranoid. I'm barely ever free of symptoms for more than a few days at a time... so far they've left me alone.
"Eye!" 'ope you're feelin' fine.
Take care XxXxXxX :-)
ps I think that mouse pic, the 6th one down is actually a woodmouse, not a harvest mouse at all!
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