First live capture of melanistic aquatic shrew in Belgian-Dutch reserve

Researchers captured a live aquatic shrew (Neomys fodiens) with melanism in KempenBroek, a cross-border nature reserve, marking the first physical confirmation of the species there after prior DNA evidence. The finding is a minor biological novelty, not a market or geopolitical development.

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