- Shrews have incredibly poor eyesight and babies are almost completely blind
- They cling onto the tail of the animal in front to make sure they do not get lost
- The heartwarming clip was taken in Fuzhou City in China’s Fujian Province
This adorable footage shows a family of blind baby shrews clinging onto each other’s tails to make sure they don’t get separated from their mother.
The heartwarming clip of the tiny animals was taken in Fuzhou City in China’s southeastern Fujian Province.
The shrews have incredibly poor eyesight and the babies are almost blind so to avoid getting lost they bite onto the tail of the shrew in front.
The shrews have incredibly poor eyesight and the offspring are almost blind so they need to cling onto the animal in front to avoid getting lost
The family of shrews was filmed scuttling through what appears to be a storage space in Fuzhou City in China’s southeastern Fujian Province
As they move forwards in a tight single file, the mother stops and peers back to make sure no-one has been left behind
They can be seen scurrying through what appears to be a storage space, trying to avoid bumping into any obstacles.
As they move forwards in a tight single file, the mother stops and peers back to make sure no-one has been left behind.
They continue their walk and scamper past a discarded paintbrush before disappearing under some debris, only to reappear again moments later.
The family clambers over a pipe using their tiny legs before heading for a hole in a nearby wall.
As the babies follow their mother through the hole their chirping can be heard on the video.
Perhaps losing their way, they scuttle back out of the hole before turning back around and disappearing for good.
They continue their walk and scamper past a discarded paintbrush before disappearing under some debris, only to reappear again moments later
The family dodges the various cleaning apparatus in their way before heading for a hole in a nearby wall
As the babies follow their mother through the hole their chirping can be heard on the video