Cooper Shrew 1105 



The appetites of Shrews are enormous and their digestion 

 is rapid. No doubt they eat their own weight of food every 

 twenty-four hours; and they die of starvation in half a day. 



They do not hibernate, neither are they known to lay up 

 a store of food, so the problem of food-supply must keep them 

 eternally vigilant under the snow. 



