Etruscan Shrew
Channel: hyperdata
Date: 22/10/2021

I found this critter in a bucket in the yard in shallow water, drenched, very weak. Dried it out on a paper towel in front of a fan heater then put it in a shoebox. Had a look online - clearly a shrew, but I was able to narrow it down immediately given it's description and location (Tuscany). Etruscan! - "the smallest known extant mammal by mass" - how cool is that?

Checking it again only a few minutes later it'd livened up. So I measured it (3.5-4cm body length, 2g weight) and released it in the garden. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_shrew