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A fact from Hero shrew appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 August 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that despite weighing just 4.0 ounces (110 g), the hero shrew can support a 160-pound (73 kg) human on its back without injury?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hero shrew.

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This needs more Nicolharper 04:34, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have time at the moment to make any alterations to this article but it really needs a re-write. At the very least clean up the writing, remove words like "modification" (really? who modified the shrew? modified it from what?) et cetera 24.210.136.218 (talk) 15:45, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dimensions and Mass

Both important to an animal whose claim to fame seems to be its ability to withstand the weight of a 73 kg human.--Jrm2007 (talk) 01:15, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done --ThaddeusB-public (talk) 16:14, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Changed 'Discovery' to 'Initial Scientific Description'

...because the Mangbetu are people too, and they were well aware of it's existence long before. The term "discovery" implies that Wikipedia is only for white people, or that only white people count. Kinda ignorant, eh? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.216.218.64 (talk) 16:43, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]