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Report your news to CAPTIVASANIBEL.COM ■ Kayak Trail Tour: A great introduction to Tarpon Bay and the coastal environment. Kayak with a naturalist through the man grove forest along the Commodore Creek water trail. Tour times are 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m.. 11:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. ■ Sunset Rookery Paddle: As the sun goes down, paddle to the Rookery Islands and see hundreds of birds return to roost for the night. The paddle lasts 2 and a half hours. ■ Nature and Sealife Cruise: See wildlife up close while cruising the tranquil waters of Tarpon Bay during Nature and Sea Life Cruises. With a naturalist by your side, discover manatees and dolphins and observe amazing bird life on the rookery islands. And don’t forget the popular breakfast and evening cruises, too. Rotary Club o f Fort Myers Sunrise golf event to bene fit schoIarships/May 22 Lee County employers have jobs but can’t find quali fied employees to fill the positions. It’s why the Rotary Club of Fort Myers Sunrise is partnering with The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools, Inc. to create a new golf tournament to raise funds to provide scholarships for local students to continue their education at a technical or trade school, or a college or university. Friday, May 22, the inaugural Pro-Am Golf Classic at the Forest Country Club in Fort Myers. Proceeds to fund scholarships through The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools, Inc. Details are at (239) 218-1997 or email jkimbell46@gmail.com.
Lifeline Family Center will host New York Times best selling author Lee Strobel Thursday, March 26. Strobel is the former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune and the author of 20 books, including “The Case for Christ” and other faith-based books. About 400 community leaders are expected to attend the 17th annual benefit dinner at McGregor Baptist Church on Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $70 each or $400 for a table of eight. Sponsorships, which include a VIP reception with Strobel, are available from $1,000 to $10,000. Tickets may be purchased at www.lifelinefamilycenter.org/benefitdin- ner/(239) 242-7238. SCCF 3333 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel/33957 (239) 472-2329/sccf.org Beer in the Bushes/April 18 Save the date for “Beer in the Bushes” fundraising event to be held at the SCCF nature center on April 18 at 6 p.m. This year six local craft breweries, four food trucks, and live music featuring Washington, DC.-based Scythian are featured. Trail Walks: Explore Sanibel’s Interior Wetlands Join a guided walk through the interior wetlands and mid-island ridges of the SCCF Center Tract with discus sion of native habitats, natural and cultural history and preservation efforts. Trail walks run through mid-April on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 1 1 a.m. Meet at the SCCF Nature Center and proceed to the trails/$5 for non-members; free to SCCF members and children. KISH Workshops/Pragrams/News 1630
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Museum and Village on March 19. The event drew islanders in support of the important island attraction that showcases history and culture. Founded in 1984. the vil lage annually attracts more than 10,000 visitors. Artifacts and buildings tell the story of early islanders settling in Sanibel in the 19th century and beyond. Proceeds from L et’s Get Historical donations, auctions and tickets will help the museum maintain exhibits and develop programs. The event was also a celebration of Sanibel and Captiva. The museum is at 950 Dunlop. Details are at sanibelmuseum.org. Above left: Richard Johnson of the Bailey’s store and the museum’s Deb Gleason. Above right: Island businessman Billy Kirkland and the museum’s Ellen O’Neill. Left: Table placards shared the fun of the March 19 gala. Right: Sheridin Wright and Caleb Owen of the Enchanted Ballroom wowed guests with their dancing. PHOTOS BY CRAIG G A RRETT Above: The gala’s theme was Let’s Get Historical. Below: Evening enter tainment was provided by J. Robert and Sabrina Williams. Pag e 65 WH We ek o f We dne sd ay, M arc h 25, 2015 ________ c a p ti v a sa n ih e l.c o m _________ S a n ib e l- C a p tiv a Is la n de r S a n ib e l- C a p tiv a Is la n de r _________ c a p ti v a sa n ib e l.c o m ________ We ek o f Wedne sd ay, Ma rch 25, 2015 M P a ge 66 The untam ed sh re w s Southern Short tailed Shrew Roughly the same size as a house m ouse, this sm all m em ber o f the Soricom orhpa fam ily is not a rodent (Rodentia). W orldwide there are 246 known species in 22 gen era, with distribution on every continent excepting A ustralia and Antarctica. S outhw est F lorida is
home to two species: the southern sh o rt-tailed shrew and the sm aller least shrew. A subspecies, called S herm an’s sh o rt tailed shrew , was once found ex clu siv ely in Lee C ounty, though it is now believed to be extinct. The shrew is easy to distinguish from the sim ilar-lo o k in g house or field mouse by its distinctive long, pointed snout. It is a fascinating creature because of its tiny size, venomous bite, and unusual metabolism. The shrew ’s heart rate is close to 1,0 0 0 beats per m inute. A norm al human heart rate is 60 beats per minute, or 16 tim es slower. Because o f its fre netic m etabolism , the shrew must eat every two hours or risk starvation. It generally consumes the equivalent of its own body weight every 24 hours. Its bite is venom ous, though the toxins p ro duced are not at levels harm ful to hum ans or other large mammals. The venom is injected into the prey by special grooves in the sh rew ’s teeth. The neurotoxins found in the sh rew ’s saliva rapidly lowers the blood pressure of its prey, causing the victim to have trouble breath in g , slow ing its heart rate, and making it easier for the tiny shrew to kill. Using this biologi cal w eapon, the shrew feeds upon much larger prey than itself, taking on rats, mice, small snakes, and reptiles. It also feeds p rodigiously on insects, annelids, spiders, scorpions, mollusks, and snails. An om nivore, the shrew also eats a variety o f vegetative matter. The shrew produces two to three lit ters a year, with between two to six young per litter. Because its life is short and fast, a female shrew will probably have no more than four or five litters in her lifetime. It nests in burrows built in two layers, one near the surface and a deeper burrow beneath it. The shrew prefers to burrow and nest in rotting logs and other decaying vegetation. Because it is a ground dw elling anim al, the
shrew is preyed upon by snakes, foxes, w easels, skunks, opossum s, feral cats, and less often, owls and hawks.
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Status: FL = species of special con cern in some counties, IUCN = LC Length w/o tail: 4 in. (10 cm.) Height:
n/a Weight:
0.5-0.75 oz. (14-21 g) Life span: 2 to 3 years Found: All counties, coastal, near coast, mainland Months
found: JfmamjjasonD (lower case indicates nesting and breeding season). Least Shrew
Other names: Shrew, Bee Shrew Status:
FL = stable, IUCN = LC Length w/o tail: 3 in. (7.6 cm) Height:
n/a Weight:
0.1-0.2 oz. (4-6.5 g.) Life span: to 2 years Found:
All counties, coastal, near coast, mainland Months found: JFmamjjasonD (lower case indicates nesting and breeding season). hog-nosed bat), w eighing in at 2.5 grams (.05 ounces), rivals it for its dim inutive size. A nother shrew , the North Am erican pygmy shrew, is slight ly sm aller, at 2.7 grams. To put it into perspective, the least shrew w eighs somewhere between a penny (2.5 g.) and a quarter (5.6 g.). When you con sider that within this minuscule amount of mass you have to construct a beating heart, a pair of lungs, teeth, bones, and all the muscles and internal organs that make a mammal work, it is nothing short of m iraculous that members o f our class (M ammalia) can be so tiny and still survive. Like its close cousin, the southern short-tailed shrew, the least shrew is a venomous mammal. Its metabolism is also sim ilar, requiring it to eat more than its own body weight every day to survive. The least shrew differs from the short-tailed shrew in that it is a far more social animal. It prefers living and feeding in abandoned burrows and tun nels, usually dug by moles, arm adillos, or gopher tortoises. Inside these bur rows groups of three to 30 least shrews will sometimes sleep together. Its nick name, bee shrew, refers to this beehive like behavior. The least shrew is aggressive and, using its poisonous saliva, attempts to tackle prey far larger than itself. It eats beetles, caterpillars, crickets, grasshop pers, fruit, seeds, and even carrion. It has the unique feeding technique of intentionally biting off the tail of a Cuban anole, not to catch the lizard but simply to dine on the breakaway tail. The least shrew is common prey for rac coons, skunks, snakes, hawks, owls, and foxes.
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