Due to issues with the amount of useable footage taken of the Mount Lyell Shrew during this trip, I had to cut a few key points out. That said, the aim of this video was to focus on the excursion more broadly as opposed to making a comprehensive overview of this species’ natural history. If you want to learn more about what I excluded, there are many news articles on the Mount Lyell Shrew that have been published in the last few days.
@asherrattenbury419 So you'd rather be filmed through various political movements or not filmed at all? Based. Keep up your average Americana, I support it.
I guess it would be rare for an animal to experience and adapt to a Starbucks in the wild. However, inner-city species are known to have a preferred order at Starbucks, and even have a favorite barista.
This is an accomplishment man. Nice work. Beautiful footage as usual. I love you videos so much. Came for the tarantulas stayed for the general nerding. Well done.
I love your videos. No BS, fantastic footage, delivering the facts in a natural tone of voice. Always makes my day to see a new General Apathy video. From one animal lover to another, keep up the great work!
Amazing video!! Your videos always have great footage, but this one feels extra-special. Love seeing those active little snouts LOL. Seems like an amazing experience. Congrats!!
Just wanted to say this was cool as hell. Shrews are awesome little creatures and documenting this sort of expedition is providing a window into something most of us wont get the opportunity to do.
I love this story a lot. Know Vishal and Prakrit a little bit through correspondence ... and now I know who you are. Been a great admirer and subscriber of your videos for a few years, but this one is a nice step up in ambition and outcomes. Kudos, sirs! Also, a bit of a pitfall efficiency trick so you don't have to worry about getting dirt in your cup: use two cups when you're leveling off the surrounding soil, then just pull out the inner cup - voila!
Thank you so much. I appreciate the advice. There is a chance that shrews prefer soil beneath their feet though. They didn’t seem to enjoy sliding around very much. :O
@@GeneralApathy 10-4, and makes good sense. I was just reacting to the setup time comment. I'm used to trapping for inverts, often with propylene glycol, so hate getting a pile of dirt mixed in, need as smooth a lip as possible, and the two cup method really speeds things up. But yeah, if you're just checking every few hours through the night and want to keep them comfy in-between, makes good sense to move quickly and let some dirt spill in.
@@yawoyfisinmedms4365 just search for the species on inaturalist, since there are no photos so far, if there are some uploaded "next week" they will be most likely from him...
Congrats to your team for filming the elusive, vibrating pointy bois! They're cute little things, aren't they? I still find it surprising every time I hear about shrew metabolism, that sounds like a rather unpleasant existence, starving to death after a matter of hours like that. How do they find time for anything else? Are they like hummingbirds and can enter a torpor state? Either way I did just now learn that they were venomous, which is really cool!
There’s just something about a proboscis on a mammal that’s so enchanting: shrews, echidnas, numbats, tapirs, elephants, anteaters…they’re all so cute!
There was one time I've seen and handled a shrew for like 3-5 seconds, it was one the side of the BUSIEST ROADS in the MIDDLE OF OUR CAPITAL CITY.... it was trying to get off the road but the curb was over 20cm high and it couldn't get up, gave it a lift. How it got there... I have no idea... small and fragile little critters... thanks for doing this video!
A friend of mine caught an albino shrew up in canada just this past summer. We are thinking this may actualy have never been seen before. He took a few pics.
Remember catching shrews, lizards, bees etc. in large numbers and then releasing them after exploring them as much as I could without causing any harm. Shrews definitely one of my favorites.
It’s really cool to see you make a video that’s notably different from your usual stuff. I’ll watch anything that you put out, of course, but this one got me particularly excited after seeing the intro.
150 traps is a lot of work. i remember setting 15 traps for possums in the uni. You need to surveilance them, remember where you left them, you need to make sure you NOT left the traps out so you dont accidentally leave something in there to starve. And get ethical approval.
have you ever had the opportunity to do your work in the northeast corner of new mexico? really unique environment out there imo. would be curious to know what kind of things live out there.
I’ve not been east of Taos. I’d love to go out there but there is already so much to film in neighboring Arizona, which is the state I spend the majority of my time in.
No. The Aliatypus is part of a known ambiguous population. As for the Eremobates, I would lose a significant chunk of my life if I spent time identifying every random generic camel spider I came across.
This is the channel that got me interested in scorpions. I now have a 2 year old black Asian forest scorpion. I grew up in the North Georgia mountains and I'm very curious what type of scorpions are in the Appalachian mountains? Are they true scorpions?
That's amazing seeing those trapdoor spiders in -7 Celsius out, and about looking for mates. Just imagine for a moment being a cold-blooded creature in winter who's only means of obtaining energy is by sitting waiting for sustenance to come along doing an energy intensive activity like that. Makes the day to day more bearable. Then in comparison the shrews having to eat their entire body weight to maintain their energy levels incredible how life finds a way.
The difference is even more stark when you consider that the average adult male Aliatypus trapdoor spider in that region likely never eats following its final molt.
@@GeneralApathy Truly a last march of the male Alietypus trapdoor spiders all so that they might pass on their genes. Thank you so much for sharing! congratulations to you, and your team for filming, and documenting the Mount Lyell shrew.
i see shrew in mine area all the time , one bitten me for nothing , witness a owl hunting one just the other day , i am suprised they didnt bite thru that plastic cup , lol
Likely not shock. Depending on the circumstances in which you found it, there’s a good chance that its time was already up. As opposed to a great deal of other mammal groups, shrews and moles are most often encountered by humans when they are in poor shape or already dead.
@@GeneralApathy thanks for the answer - I found it in daylight in my greenhouse and it seemed quick enough but daylight made me think someting may be off... since I never saw any others in daylight (just some unlucky ones in a mousetrap)
It’s important to remember that shrews can also be found in warm tropical environments. There’s more to their metabolic biology than just preventing heat loss.
@@GeneralApathy True. Though the loss is higher just bcc of the whole surface to volume ratio thing & warmth in a sense is a bit of a side effect of having a metabolism... do shrews that live in area with colder climate brumate?
ah I just checked, the common name for the shrew thats endemic here is .. well sharp mouse/pointed mouse (spitzmaus) though ofc its not a mouse and also has venom. They dont brumate here If i remember closely but ive been taught to not touch them bc they can carry a virus that might bee zoonotic and at least can harm pets and cattle (borna)
Due to issues with the amount of useable footage taken of the Mount Lyell Shrew during this trip, I had to cut a few key points out. That said, the aim of this video was to focus on the excursion more broadly as opposed to making a comprehensive overview of this species’ natural history. If you want to learn more about what I excluded, there are many news articles on the Mount Lyell Shrew that have been published in the last few days.
Imagine being so unimpressive no one even bothers to film you for decades 😭
That's the ideal, bro
Thank you for the reminder Guru @@DS-ej7zt
Personally i cant relate.
@asherrattenbury419 So you'd rather be filmed through various political movements or not filmed at all? Based. Keep up your average Americana, I support it.
Can't relate to what?... being a shrew?
Nevermind, I don't really care...
I'm going back to watching the shrew show.
A couple million years of mammal evolution defeated by empty Starbucks cup
I guess it would be rare for an animal to experience and adapt to a Starbucks in the wild. However, inner-city species are known to have a preferred order at Starbucks, and even have a favorite barista.
General apathy casually doing science as per usual
A trapdoor spider caught in a trap?? Now I've seen everything
I can't walk out
Uno reverse card
YIPPEE YIPPEE General Apathy upload. You genuinely make me giddy every time u post. Day made
Thank you. :D
So much cuteness contained in this lil beast I kept trying to bump noses with it, but alas...screen...no cute nose bumps! No snoot booping!
They are so round and soft! I love them!
Glad you were around to record that shrew.
This is an accomplishment man. Nice work. Beautiful footage as usual. I love you videos so much. Came for the tarantulas stayed for the general nerding. Well done.
I love your videos. No BS, fantastic footage, delivering the facts in a natural tone of voice. Always makes my day to see a new General Apathy video. From one animal lover to another, keep up the great work!
Amazing video!! Your videos always have great footage, but this one feels extra-special. Love seeing those active little snouts LOL. Seems like an amazing experience. Congrats!!
This is quite fascinating! It’s not every day you get to do a scientific first. Congrats on the success!
Just wanted to say this was cool as hell. Shrews are awesome little creatures and documenting this sort of expedition is providing a window into something most of us wont get the opportunity to do.
I love this story a lot. Know Vishal and Prakrit a little bit through correspondence ... and now I know who you are. Been a great admirer and subscriber of your videos for a few years, but this one is a nice step up in ambition and outcomes. Kudos, sirs!
Also, a bit of a pitfall efficiency trick so you don't have to worry about getting dirt in your cup: use two cups when you're leveling off the surrounding soil, then just pull out the inner cup - voila!
Thank you so much. I appreciate the advice. There is a chance that shrews prefer soil beneath their feet though. They didn’t seem to enjoy sliding around very much. :O
@@GeneralApathy 10-4, and makes good sense. I was just reacting to the setup time comment. I'm used to trapping for inverts, often with propylene glycol, so hate getting a pile of dirt mixed in, need as smooth a lip as possible, and the two cup method really speeds things up. But yeah, if you're just checking every few hours through the night and want to keep them comfy in-between, makes good sense to move quickly and let some dirt spill in.
Can you upload pictures of it as a observation on iNaturalist? That would be nice.
They’ll be uploaded next week.
@@GeneralApathy Great, thank you. I would also like to congratulate you on the fantastic find, it is very reassuring that this species still exists.
What is your inaturalist name?@@GeneralApathy
@@yawoyfisinmedms4365 just search for the species on inaturalist, since there are no photos so far, if there are some uploaded "next week" they will be most likely from him...
@@GeneralApathyWe’ll be waiting 👁️👁️
Glad to see you back!
where did he go?
@ 1 month no vid
@ that’s his upload schedule
i ADORE this channel, absolute gem
Congrats to your team for filming the elusive, vibrating pointy bois! They're cute little things, aren't they?
I still find it surprising every time I hear about shrew metabolism, that sounds like a rather unpleasant existence, starving to death after a matter of hours like that. How do they find time for anything else? Are they like hummingbirds and can enter a torpor state? Either way I did just now learn that they were venomous, which is really cool!
Another wonderful video, as always. Thank you for sharing.
so fortunate to subscribe to your channel. Good work bruv.
There’s just something about a proboscis on a mammal that’s so enchanting: shrews, echidnas, numbats, tapirs, elephants, anteaters…they’re all so cute!
8:05 are those eggs in its body? the camera quality is insane!
From what I understand, they are not. Camel spider eggs are whiter, larger, and come in small clutch sizes.
Great captures, guys! Special achievement.
Thank you. :D
Shrewd.
Great video!
There was one time I've seen and handled a shrew for like 3-5 seconds, it was one the side of the BUSIEST ROADS in the MIDDLE OF OUR CAPITAL CITY.... it was trying to get off the road but the curb was over 20cm high and it couldn't get up, gave it a lift. How it got there... I have no idea... small and fragile little critters... thanks for doing this video!
A friend of mine caught an albino shrew up in canada just this past summer. We are thinking this may actualy have never been seen before. He took a few pics.
What an awesome find. I would love to see one someday. Depending on the species, your assessment could be true.
Nope I found one before southern Ontario
Fantastic work!
Imagine having to eat your own body weight in food every single day just to not die.
Wow Shrews are awesome! Thanks for the knowledge
Remember catching shrews, lizards, bees etc. in large numbers and then releasing them after exploring them as much as I could without causing any harm. Shrews definitely one of my favorites.
Shrews look so cute
i am surprised by but not complaining about the fact that this was an incredibly fun watch :D
I saw this on insta recently, congrats!
So wonderful to see love for the mono lake area! One of my favorite places ever
It’s really cool to see you make a video that’s notably different from your usual stuff. I’ll watch anything that you put out, of course, but this one got me particularly excited after seeing the intro.
Thank you. Based on the reception so far, I think it’s definitely worth switching up the style every so often. :D
Wow, what a beautiful place!
Fascinating!!! Shrews are such unique little mammals for their venom, I love them a lot :)
holy shit those pedipalps are impressive
good work
thank you so much for this, and thank you so much for checking the traps so often! I fucking love shrews
150 traps is a lot of work. i remember setting 15 traps for possums in the uni. You need to surveilance them, remember where you left them, you need to make sure you NOT left the traps out so you dont accidentally leave something in there to starve. And get ethical approval.
have you ever had the opportunity to do your work in the northeast corner of new mexico? really unique environment out there imo. would be curious to know what kind of things live out there.
I’ve not been east of Taos. I’d love to go out there but there is already so much to film in neighboring Arizona, which is the state I spend the majority of my time in.
You can tell they're aspen forests because of the way they are.
Do you collected these arachnid specimens for ID btw ? and thx for the C° temps
No. The Aliatypus is part of a known ambiguous population. As for the Eremobates, I would lose a significant chunk of my life if I spent time identifying every random generic camel spider I came across.
@@GeneralApathy Oh yeah I get that
150? Thanks for your hard work!!
Is that the pattern on the side of the camel spider, or is the spider gravid? I can't help but think of a silk sac with a similar appearance of eggs
I’m fairly certain that those are its organs. It could still also be gravid though.
This is the channel that got me interested in scorpions. I now have a 2 year old black Asian forest scorpion. I grew up in the North Georgia mountains and I'm very curious what type of scorpions are in the Appalachian mountains? Are they true scorpions?
Well that’s freaking adorable
They're so adorable. My cute aggression is screaming "bite it" omg 🥲😭 I'm crying from how absolutely adorable they are! I had to show my husband 🩶🤍
California truly is a beautiful place.
You gotta use starbucks cups with shrews depicted on the side! You were using the general use cup, thats why you got other rodents :]
*catches wild animal* "This one is kinda bitey, which is a bit annoying." Hilarious!
I use these traps to catch and study spiders, but I sometimes accidentally catch shrews, so we have the opposite problems 😂
Earliest I've even been to a video. 15 seconds
dude you need to do a video in Australia.
Ever though about coming to Australia Mr. Apathy?
I must admit that it’s fairly low on my list.
I am a part of history now, congrats!
that trapdoor has some pedipalps on him
This seems kind of like a Scooby-Doo thing. Maybe you could get Khruangbin to do a song about them.
This was you???? I heard about the footage being taken, but I had no idea!
I look forward to your video on pygmy rabbits as well 🥺
The name “Mono” is not not pronounced like “maw-noh,” but rather “mow-now,” as it is named after the indigenous peoples there.
Now I know how to catch a shrew.😊😊😊
taming tho
Use this knowledge wisely (create an army with which to paralyze your enemies)
@@HuckleberryHim the government's days are numbered
@@HuckleberryHim Out of fear.
They don’t carry plague or other disease?
cool video
Their coats are so silky looking.
That's amazing seeing those trapdoor spiders in -7 Celsius out, and about looking for mates. Just imagine for a moment being a cold-blooded creature in winter who's only means of obtaining energy is by sitting waiting for sustenance to come along doing an energy intensive activity like that. Makes the day to day more bearable. Then in comparison the shrews having to eat their entire body weight to maintain their energy levels incredible how life finds a way.
The difference is even more stark when you consider that the average adult male Aliatypus trapdoor spider in that region likely never eats following its final molt.
@@GeneralApathy Truly a last march of the male Alietypus trapdoor spiders all so that they might pass on their genes. Thank you so much for sharing! congratulations to you, and your team for filming, and documenting the Mount Lyell shrew.
That’s the same Merriam who helped found the Merriam-Webster dictionary 😁👍🌷
Glad no one is taming these lil guys
Take care & watch out for Hantavurrus.
this video makes me feel so bad about laying lethal mouse traps in my house, tiny guys are so damn cute 😭😭😭 I'm sorry little guys
Cute little critters
Theyre so GODDAMN cute
YIPPIEEEEE
....Shrew venom?
i see shrew in mine area all the time , one bitten me for nothing , witness a owl hunting one just the other day , i am suprised they didnt bite thru that plastic cup , lol
They are so cute I love them
wow!
fascinating that you can handle them like you do. i tried this with an european one and it died sortly after (not injured afaik) i assumed shock.
Likely not shock. Depending on the circumstances in which you found it, there’s a good chance that its time was already up. As opposed to a great deal of other mammal groups, shrews and moles are most often encountered by humans when they are in poor shape or already dead.
@@GeneralApathy thanks for the answer - I found it in daylight in my greenhouse and it seemed quick enough but daylight made me think someting may be off... since I never saw any others in daylight (just some unlucky ones in a mousetrap)
veryc ool shewman thank you
❤
Cute little guys!
YES YES HELL YES
omg its so adorable
They're all adorable! Lol
😀
apathy not being a trained digger ;
also these tiny things are adorbs
those tiny things need so much food bc of heatloss
It’s important to remember that shrews can also be found in warm tropical environments. There’s more to their metabolic biology than just preventing heat loss.
@@GeneralApathy True. Though the loss is higher just bcc of the whole surface to volume ratio thing & warmth in a sense is a bit of a side effect of having a metabolism...
do shrews that live in area with colder climate brumate?
ah I just checked, the common name for the shrew thats endemic here is .. well
sharp mouse/pointed mouse
(spitzmaus) though ofc its not a mouse and also has venom. They dont brumate here If i remember closely but ive been taught to not touch them bc they can carry a virus that might bee zoonotic and at least can harm pets and cattle (borna)
@@GeneralApathy mr(i assume) apathy, are you on bluesky?
you just can't leave wildlife alone
WAHOO