The common shrew has to eat almost nonstop or it will starve.
Hold your fire
Hold your fire Banning pheasant shooting in Britain, could be a
way to get rid of lyme disease, according to Klaus Kurtenback of
Oxford University. Lyme disease is carried by ticks who feed off
birds, and hunters who travel through grass and forest lands in
search of pheasants are especially vulnerable. In severe cases,
lyme disease can cause "encephalitis", inflammation of the
brain. 9 OCTOBER 1999, P. 27