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glasfryn On The Way Up Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Location: west Wales UK Posts: 117
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: Something dark in the pond.
Whatever it was ran across my foot at a rate of knots and was black or dark brown and about the size of a mouse,and there seems to be a good few of our smaller fish have disappeared + one of our cats caught something that resembles a shrew which is that colour. is it possible this is a water shrew or rat.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject:
Most likely a water shrew since they are common all over the UK and they are usually only about 5" (14cm) long.
Rats, at least the ones here, are sometimes 4-5 times the size of mice and while they will eat meat...i.e. other rodents, they prefer grains, animal feed, etc.
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