Children hold hands to stick close to their parents. But what if you have six brothers and sisters?
Well if you’re a shrew, you’re skilled at doing the conga!
Shrew
Crazy Skill: Conga Dancer
Young shrews are blind and deaf for the first few weeks of their life.
Until their senses are fully developed, they could easily get lost.
It's hard enough for the mom to keep an eye on her babies when they are all in one place – imagine how difficult it would be outside the burrow!
So, with the mother leading the way, the baby shrews latch onto each other’s tails and hold on tight!
Even when they're not conga dancing, shrews are almost always on the move.
They run everywhere, using lots of energy and working up quite an appetite.
In fact, they’re the world’s hungriest animals – eating every few hours just to stay alive!
Their favorite foods are insects, slugs and spiders.
So how crazy are shrews?
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They dance the conga
dance the conga
And they're the hungriest animals in the world!
hungriest animal
That's kinda crazy!