| Solenodons and people usually do not see one another, unless the solenodon makes its home in a plantation or garden. |
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| The two species of solenodon were first discovered by Europeans in 1833 on the islands of Hispaniola and Cuba. |
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| One of only two species of solenodon, the Cuban solenodon is a rare insectivore that resembles a large rat. |
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| As the theory goes, an asteroid, about 10 kilometers in diameter, struck somewhere in what is now the Yucatan peninsula, not far from where the solenodon lives today. |
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| Both species of the solenodon of the West Indies also are poisonous. |
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| A skinny, scraggy rat with a Pinocchio-sized snout, the solenodon is descended from the first mammal on Earth. |
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| A wide variety of animals live in the cave in addition to bats, including swallows, spiders, and the solenodon, a small hedgehog-like animal. |
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| The Hispaniolan solenodon is a strange looking shrew-like creature with a long snout and has specialised teeth capable of delivering venom. |
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| The Hispianolan solenodon, a tiny Caribbean insectivore, will win no friends for its beauty, but it is one of the last poisonous mammals surviving on Earth. |
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| Then there's the solenodon, an ancient mammal, the Sunda pangolin, which has armour made of keratin, and Priam's birdwing butterfly, the largest on earth. |
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| As the day progresses the music will become louder as electronic acts such as the experimental Solenodon and David Young from What We Call Progress, take to the stage. |
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