According to a 2023 study, for example, the noble false widow spider may habitually prey upon vertebrates, with known victims ...

Hawks, owls, snakes, and larger mammals prey upon short-tailed shrews. Mammalian predators may sometimes kill but then do not eat this species because of the “sour” odor produced by skin glands. Short ...

FEEDING: Like all shrews, the Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew has an amazing metabolic rate, eating more than its own weight in aquatic and terrestrial insects and other invertebrates each day. To meet ...