The desert-inhabiting grasshopper mouse has managed to negate the pain caused by a scorpion's sting and managed to gobble it up. If you're wondering how, then scientists believe it is courtesy of ...

There’s a chemical arms race underway in the desert along the U.S.-Mexico border. But rather than pitting two armies, it’s a showdown between a highly venomous scorpion and a particularly ferocious ...

A jaw-dropping new video shows a fuzzy little mouse as a fearsome fighter, attacking and killing a venomous scorpion in slow motion. The new mouse-scorpion video, released on YouTube by Michigan State ...

Grasshopper mice take scorpion venom that could kill a human and use it to numb their pain. What makes these tiny mice so ...

Holy cow! The grasshopper mouse is like the mongoose of the Southwest! Now, I may have only lived in Arizona for less than a year, but I know that I have to beware of scorpions and other beasties both ...

Why it's awesome: The southern grasshopper mouse is a carnivore that's largely immune to scorpion venom, and howls at the moon before it kills like a tiny wolf. This mouse species is an extremely ...

The grasshopper mouse ain't like any other mouse on Earth, in the sense that it fights scorpions and turns their venom from a toxin into a painkiller. and you're eating a highly venomous centipede.

A grasshopper mouse (O. torridus) attacks a bark scorpion (C. sculpturatus). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

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