Small, soft seeds may form part of the winter diet. A masked shrew requires large quantities of food each day, and one kept in captivity ate 3.3 times its own body weight in a 24 hour period. Merriam ...

A major part of the diet of the short-tailed shrew consists of small invertebrates, especially earthworms and large insects, that a shrew catches and immediately severs with its sharp teeth, and then ...

If a shrew succeeds in subduing a large meal such as an earthworm, what remains uneaten will be cached for later enjoyment. Shrews will also eat some foliage and seeds, though they cannot survive ...