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[Jim Fruth <jfruth@uslink.net>]

    Mark Bugaieski asked:  "I note in the e-nature website someone attached
as a link that "shrew" and "mole" are sometimes used interchangeably.  Are
they the same thing?"
    No, Mark, they are not the same any more than a grizzley BEAR and a
panda (Bear?) are both bears.  Pandas are called "bears" only because
someone decided they look like bears...........but they're not bears, not
even closely related.  So it is with shrews and moles and they only just
barely resemble each other, if you had them side by side for comparison.

Jim Fruth
Pequot Lakes, MN