Question

select the word that means having a huge appetite. the shrew is a tiny, mouse - like mammal with an elevated metabolic rate. in the space of just one minute, it breathes about eight hundred times, and its heart beats about one thousand times. the shrew is also voracious. every day, it eats its entire body weight in prey such as insects, worms, and salamanders.

Explanation:

The text states the shrew "eats its entire body weight in prey every day," which directly illustrates having a huge appetite. The word describing this trait is "voracious."

Answer:

voracious