Winter Shrew News Today

Their conclusion last year cites cells within the bones are what controls the shrinking or growth of the shrew skeleton when winter comes they trigger the release of minerals from the bones the result can be clearly identified along the sutures of the skull where a gap can now be seen by some or it is disappeared again the osteo sites have restored the minerals in the bone and they have also if we find out how its all controlled and can intervene in these processes using certain substances that ...

A chip inserted under its skin for tracking purposes. the zorro has discovered that shrews can change that bone structure to find out more about this ability he puts the little animal under general anaesthetic for a few minutes. then he takes x. rays. he has to be quick. the images show that the shrew is smaller in the winter than it was in the summer its skull shrinks by around twenty percent. thats probably an energy saving measure their metabolism works so quickly that the little creatures wo...

The bone specialist analyzed the sections painstakingly under the microscope. their conclusion osteo sites cells within the bones are what controls the shrinking or growth of the shrew skeleton when winter comes they trigger the release of minerals from the bones the result can be clearly identified along the sutures of the skull where a gap can now be seen by some or it has disappeared again the osteo sites have restored the minerals in the bone. and there have also if we find out how its all c...