Comments on: If an owl needs 120g of food per day, how many Sorex would it need to capture? http://www.anzowls.com/if-an-owl-needs-120g-of-food-per-day-how-many-sorex-would-it-need-to-capture/ Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:07:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dmitry Z http://www.anzowls.com/if-an-owl-needs-120g-of-food-per-day-how-many-sorex-would-it-need-to-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-2396 Dmitry Z Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:57:46 +0000 http://www.anzowls.com/if-an-owl-needs-120g-of-food-per-day-how-many-sorex-would-it-need-to-capture/#comment-2396 For the Suisun Shrew (Sorex ornatus sinuosus) body mass ranges from 4.5 to 6.8 grams... Sorex is pretty big genus. For the Suisun Shrew (Sorex ornatus sinuosus) body mass ranges from 4.5 to 6.8 grams…

Sorex is pretty big genus.

]]> By: KTDykes http://www.anzowls.com/if-an-owl-needs-120g-of-food-per-day-how-many-sorex-would-it-need-to-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-2395 KTDykes Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:34 +0000 http://www.anzowls.com/if-an-owl-needs-120g-of-food-per-day-how-many-sorex-would-it-need-to-capture/#comment-2395 There's a range of variation from around 7 to 13 grammes* for adults of Sorex araneus, so 10g is a convenient compromise. * From: Richarz K (2003), Steinbachs Naturführer: Säugetiere, Erkennung und Bestimmen, 2nd Edition. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart. Another source, Reichholf, J (ca. 1983), Die farbigen Naturführer Säugertiere, Bertelsmann Club Ausgabe, offers a range of 4 to 16 grammes, so 10g will do for that as well. That's for the same species. There’s a range of variation from around 7 to 13 grammes* for adults of Sorex araneus, so 10g is a convenient compromise.

* From: Richarz K (2003), Steinbachs Naturführer: Säugetiere, Erkennung und Bestimmen, 2nd Edition. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart.

Another source, Reichholf, J (ca. 1983), Die farbigen Naturführer Säugertiere, Bertelsmann Club Ausgabe, offers a range of 4 to 16 grammes, so 10g will do for that as well. That’s for the same species.

]]> By: The Blob http://www.anzowls.com/if-an-owl-needs-120g-of-food-per-day-how-many-sorex-would-it-need-to-capture/comment-page-1/#comment-2394 The Blob Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:59:11 +0000 http://www.anzowls.com/if-an-owl-needs-120g-of-food-per-day-how-many-sorex-would-it-need-to-capture/#comment-2394 Sorex...sorex... hmmm... sounds really familiar. Hey, isn't that a herpes medicine? Sorex…sorex… hmmm… sounds really familiar. Hey, isn’t that a herpes medicine?

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