Comments on: Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus)

By: eileen

eileen — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:37:15 +0000

didnt get lots of info but its soooooooooooo cute:)

By: JR Kinyak

JR Kinyak — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:36:51 +0000

Grant, thanks for the link to the new article! Good to know the venom won’t kill us. I too hope they can continue to survive. I find myself rooting against humans more and more these days, sadly.

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:26:47 +0000

Actually this BBC News article says their venom is not deadly to humans, though whether it would have an affect isn't mentioned:On the trail of a 'living fossil', BBC News, May 30 2010 Wow, for such a tiny shrew-like beastie, they've survived 76 million years and the extinction of the dinosaurs. Very humbling, lets hope they can continue to survive!

By: Jennifer Rae Atkins

Jennifer Rae Atkins — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:46:00 +0000

He certainly is whiffly and busy! I didn’t see, in the articles I read, a reference to the effect the venom has on humans, although I could have overlooked it. I wonder a solenodon’s bite can kill us. I did read that they’re not immune to their own venom, so if one solenodon fights another, the outcome is often fatal.

By: Clare

Clare — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:12:00 +0000

Oh I’m glad you did solenodon! He’s such a whiffly, busy little thing (despite his venemous bite).

By: Jennifer Rae Atkins

Jennifer Rae Atkins — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:48:00 +0000

Thanks, Jack Daw. I would like to draw more extinct mammals…but maybe after I draw the 5,000 non-extinct ones!

By: Jack Daw

Jack Daw — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:13:00 +0000

Very cool. I love my Cretaceous critters. You should try doing some reconstructions of some extinct mammals (maybe some multituberculates)…maybe you have. I don’t know.