Okay I can't seem to figure out how to get the pictures in the order I want, guess I'll put em in backwards next time. Anyway, last week my phone in my bedroom rings at 3:25am and its my son Frank downstairs (calling on the intercom) calling to inform me that there is a 4" long cockroach in the basement that came after him. I got up went into the kitchen, he's in there looking scared to death, he said that he was watching a movie and it had just went off and it was about 1 or 2am (Way to late for him to still be up) and he saw something run across the floor, he asked what time his Dad gets up, I told him I thought about 3:30, so I went and told Frank, he was about to get up in less then 5 minutes. He gets up and goes downstairs and Frank (my 14 yr old) is standing on the fireplace with the metal poker, trying to move a chair without getting off the hearth. Well needless to say the next night or two, he saw the "Monster Cockroach" run over by the shoes at the back door, he yells for me, cause he wants to keep and eye on it and have me get the vacuum, I bring my camera and we stand around watching and knocking the shoe with the vacuum, end up shining a light in it and dumped it into a box and found little Joey (that's what my girls decided to name him & wanted to keep him as a pet)
He is actually a Shrew, they are part of the mole family (notice his long nose & his tail isn't long like a mouse either)
We told my son that after looking up on the Internet that he is safe they only eat insects, he said we what if it thinks my pinkie toe is an insect? Lol!
This came up with the pictures when you look up "shrews" Frank didn't think this was all that funny and he probably will not be to happy with me for posting this. Sorry Frankie, I Love you, but you did wake me @ 3:25am!!