Solenodon: a venomous mammal rediscovered!

[trane1423]

Щелезубы! Солинодонтида!

Семейство млекопитающих, в нём всего два вида!

Кубинский щелезуб и гаитянский щелезуб,

Кубинский щелезуб и гаитянский щелезуб...

[Cristiano120100]

i have been to DR including wild secluded areas but have never seen these; all i got to see were parrots.

[7oAkxD]

mala suerte por el animal... lo redescubrieron :S

[mymovienerd]

They look similar to a shrew except for the size. They're much larger than a shrew. wow

[Orangez25]

I see these in my backyard

[MalchikBlue]

@Orangez25 I don't believe these animals occur naturally in North America. Maybe you have confused them for shrews.

[Orangez25]

@MalchikBlue It probably was a shrew,

it looked like a giagantic mice

[FrauleinFive]

D'AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW.

[Jim44ee]

my dad saw one of these in the Dominican republic

[desayuno15]

tHAT''S DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, NOT HAITI

[Eurotrash4367]

@desayuno15

Am I correct to assume that the Dominican Republic and Haiti share similair ecosystems since both countries exist on the island of Hispanola?

[desayuno15]

@Eurotrash4367 yes

[MusicAndLove217]

It's kinda cute! XP

[sonamberlove1]

I WANT THAT.

[diehard272727]

shrews and platypus's are also venomous

[danielBarnweezy]

@diehard272727 i didnt believe you at first, but dang. there it was.

[kiakiukiaukiau]

Great sorprise!!!

( ornithorrincus also are venomous mammals)

[josephmc99]

thats the first poisonus mammal ive ever seen

[negrosaurus]

funny little guy

[2facedninja]

it looks cool.

[ianroy]

wow a living ice age

[JohtoJames]

Heh, CUTE BUT DEADLY!

[05005051]

I'm wondering if this creature is in any way related to the shrew. Some shrews are known to give a mildly venomous bite.

[CpBullz222]

omfg i saw pooooooooop

[albertocast20]

This is not an "Almiqui" from cuba (Solenodon cubanus), this is an endemic animal from dominican republic called Solenodon paradoxus. their population is very low thanks to dogs, wild cats, the african mangoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), and of course the humans who used to hunt them for food. And yes they produce toxic saliva wich comes out of their lower canines, fangs as you may call them.

[killerbanshe3]

@albertocast20 when i read mangoose, a disturbing image formed in my head o.o

[albertocast20]

This is not an "Almiqui" from cuba (Solenodon cubanus), this is and endemic animal from dominican republic called Solenodon paradoxus. they population is very low thanks to dogs, wild cats, the african mangoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), and of course the humans who used to hunt them for food. And yes they produce toxic saliva wich comes out of their lower canines, fangs as you may call them.

[SimplyDavid42]

Let's save this little animal ! so cute !

[caballete66]

In Cuba we know that animal with the name ALMIQUI.

[caballete66]

Is that an ALMIQUI?

[BassWerdnA547]

how is it venomous? stinger, harpoon, fangs, what?

[PeteD07]

saliva, so its bite is venomous

[BassWerdnA547]

what is it called if anything ??

[Totem91]

Solenodon

[Grundalizer]

That's my great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great Grandfather

[catchfree84]

your a animal ?

[Grundalizer]

What I was saying was that we evolved from small mammals like this, who were terrestrial, but some ended up switching to an arboreal lifestyle, giving rise to monkeys, then apes, then great apes, then humans

[catchfree84]

what about monkeys and gorrillas now a days...they choose not to go through the evoloution process ??

[AarowSwift]

Evolution does not work that way catchfree. All living animals are equally evolved. Human is not an evolutionary goal. Chimps and gorillas went through as many steps to get where they are as humans did to get where we are. We just ended up in different places.

[williestratton]

@AarowSwift True, gorillas have arms and jaws, we have thumbs and brains

[darreth0104]

So is it related to a shrew??

[yellowdart137]

no, not related to shrews. although it looks shrew like. these guys are in their own family.

[Musicisliberation]

Well, technically, all animals are related to one another.

(Sorry, I'm just messing around, you're right, I think.)

[greendragons87]

wow, thats cool!

[ArabianMay]

Nice, are they at London Zoo?

[briczar22]

Very interesting.