It's been said that a shrew's heart is rather fragile and the slightest agitation would cause one to die from a sudden heart attack. Considering all the pictures I've seen of people handling shrews over the years, maybe there's a chance that that's not the case. If I had to guess how that myth started, it probably has to do with the fact that some of them have insane heartbeat rates. The Etruscan Shrew has had a heartbeat measured at 1500bpm, which is crazy, but if you click that link, the very picture they have is of one being handled. So maybe it's a myth, at least, I hope it is. Could you imagine if they were so weak in the heart and they heard about what's going on with the stock market? We'd have shrews dropping left and right. Hearts aside, some are venomous though and if that's not interesting, I don't know what to tell you.

Dala got me Megaman Zero Legacy for the X-Box recently. It's awesome, but I'm not gonna lie, I'm having a real hard time with it. The various Megaman series, the classic Castlevania games, the classic Sonic games, all of them are a lot harder than I remember. I use save states and such pretty often. It's the only way I can get through these games now. I must be such a disappointment to my childhood gaming self.