A small aquatic mammal with a long snout, resembling a cross between a mole and an otter, found in Europe and Asia.
From Russian 'khomutok' or Swedish 'desman,' referring to aquatic insectivores in the family Desmanidae.
Desmans are one of nature's charming oddities—they're among the few mammals that hunt underwater by touch rather than sight, using their incredibly sensitive snouts to feel for insects in murky river water, making them perfectly adapted night hunters!
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