The short - eared elephant shrew is the smallest of the 17 living species of elephant shrew, weighing between less than one - third of an ounce and 1.5 ounces at birth.
The animal that biologist Steven Haddock calls «the unofficial mascot of the deep» hangs like a blue - eyed, elephant - eared umbrella, a most appropriate escort for our photo voyage to the bottom of the sea.