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 ...
A southern grasshopper mouse approaches and prepares to attack an Arizona bark scorpion. The bark scorpion prepares to defend itself. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 25 Oct., 2013, ...
A southern grasshopper mouse eats the Arizona bark scorpions that it has just killed. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 25 Oct., 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, ...