Solenodon: a venomous mammal rediscovered!

http://www.zsl.org (watch in high quality if you can)Rediscovery of the solenodon, a rare venomous mammal, in Haiti.

One of the world's most strange and elusive mammals has been captured on film as part of a collaborative conservation project between ZSL, Durrell and Hispaniolan project partners.

Little is known about the Hispaniolan solenodon, which is found in the Caribbean. Despite being able to inject its prey with a venom-loaded bite, the long-snouted mammal is under threat from deforestation, hunting and introduced species.

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Pets & Animals

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• Solenodon
• ZSL
• EDGE
• venomous
• mammal

[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.

[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.

[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

[desayuno15]

@Eurotrash4367 yes

[mymovienerd]

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

[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?

[Orangez25]

@MalchikBlue It probably was a shrew,

it looked like a giagantic mice

[MalchikBlue]

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

[Orangez25]

I see these in my backyard

[williestratton]

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