It mainly eats insects and insect larvae, and worms. To stay alive, the American pygmy shrew has to eat every 15 to 30 minutes, day and night.
Predators of the American pygmy shrew include hawks, brook trout, owls, snakes, and domestic cats.
Little is known about the reproduction of American pygmy shrews. They appear to mate all year round. The gestation period is estimated to be 18 days. Females give birth to three to eight young ones. They usually leave the family at the age of 25 days. The maximum lifespan of an American pygmy shrew is believed to be about 16–17 months.
Pygmy shrews dig through soil to look for food. They can use tunnel made by other animals to help them look for food. They do not sleep or rest for a long time. They have great senses of smell and hearing to help them find their food.
Anja Seyfert
Anja Seyfert (born 9 April 1990) is a German female water polo player.
She was part of the Germany women's national water polo team at the 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2012 Women's Water Polo World League, and 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament.
She studied medicine.
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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Liechtenstein in early March 2020. With total population of 38,749 (as of 31 December 2019), in 29 March infection rate is 1 case per 472 people.
On 3 March 2020, the first case was reported in the country with a young man who had contact with an infected person in Switzerland.
On 4 April 2020, one person died from the virus in Liechtenstein.
Kaspar Villiger
Kaspar Villiger (pronounced Caspar Feeleeger; born 5 February 1941) is a Swiss businessman and politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1989–2003). In 1995 and again in 2002, he was President of the Swiss Confederation. Villiger was born in Lucerne. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland.
In 2004, he became member of the board of directors of Nestlé and Swiss Re.
On 15 April 2009, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Swiss banking giant UBS, holding this post until 3 May 2012.
Klaus Schwab
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She is the current United States Ambassador to South Africa for the Donald Trump administration. She became the ambassador on January 28, 2020.
In September 2020, it was reported that Iran is planning an assassination plot against Marks because of the U.S. involvement in the death of Qasem Soleimani.
Konstantina Kouteli
Konstantina Kouteli (born 10 April 1981) is a Greek female water polo player.
She was part of the Greek women's national water polo team at the 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup, and 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
E. Jean Carroll
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In June 2019, Carroll accused Les Moonves and Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s. Both Moonves and Trump denied the allegations.
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Pribilof Island shrew
The Pribilof Island shrew ("Sorex pribilofensis") is a type of shrew. It is only found on the Pribilof Islands of Alaska.
Saint Lawrence Island shrew
The Saint Lawrence Island shrew ("Sorex jacksoni") is a type of shrew. It is only found on Saint Lawrence Island.
Lamu
Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island in Kenya. Situated by road northeast of Mombasa.
Lamu Town on Lamu Island is Kenya's oldest continually inhabited town and was one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal East Africa. It is believed to have been established in 1370. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The town was founded in the 14th century and it contains many fine examples of Swahili architecture. The old city is inscribed on the World Heritage List as "the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa".
The town contains the Lamu Fort on the seafront. The fort was completed by the early 1820s.
In 2011, proposals were being advanced to build a deep-water port which would have much greater capacity in terms of depth of water. China has begun to transform Lamu into the largest port in East Africa.
Since the island has no cars, transportation and other heavy work is done with the help of donkeys. There are some 3000 donkeys on the island.
The song "Lamu" by Christian singer Michael W. Smith is inspired by the island. The song is about running away from life's problems.
Lamu is the setting of Anthony Doerr's short story "The Shell Collector" from his collection of stories by the same name.
Part of the events in the novel “Our Wild Sex in Malindi” (by Andrei Gusev) takes place in Lamu.
Sorex
The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America. It contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. They are in the tribe Soricini of the subfamily "Soricinae".
The many species in the genus "Sorex" include:
Peter Scully
Peter Gerard Scully (born 13 January 1963) is an Australian man who is imprisoned in the Philippines because he raped young children.
Peter Scully was born on 13 January 1963 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He said that he was raped by a priest as a child. He lived in the Narre Warren suburb of Melbourne, Victoria with his wife and two children. In 2011, he fled to the City of Manila, Philippines. There, he raped and tortured 75 children. He filmed it and sold the video named "Daisy's Destruction" for up to $10,000 on his website "No limits fun" ("NLF" for short) on the Darknet. He also filmed himself killing a girl named Cindy. On 20 February 2015, Scully was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for 100 years.
Montane shrew
The montane shrew ("Sorex monticolus") is a type of shrew in the genus Sorex. It is also called the dusky shrew.
Montane shrews are small, long tailed shrews. They can grow up to 103 and 142mm long. It moults two times a year. They are brownish and silvery white or gray in summer.
The montane shrew can be found from northern Alaska to New Mexico and from the Pacific coast to central Manitoba. They also live in the Rocky Mountains, Blue Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada. They can be found on Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Island.
Montane shrews live in a lot of habitats such as tundra, alpine meadows, forests, and prairies. They are usually found in forest floor. They almost never dig a burrow.
Montane shrews are live by themselves. They do not hibernate. They almost never sleep or rest. They are always eating.
Montane shrews are insectivorous. It eats insects and their larvae, earthworms, spiders, snails, and, rarely eats small salamanders. Montane shrews have been seen eating conifer seeds, lichens, and fungi.