(UPI) -- Researchers have discovered that southern grasshopper mice are able to suffer the sting of the bark scorpion without feeling any pain, an attack that human victims have described as being ...

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 southern grasshopper mouse is a furry, brown and frankly kind of cute little rodent found in the deserts of the southwest United States and Mexico that looks pretty much like a regular house mouse ...

Southern grasshopper mouse survives in the desert Findings could offer ideas for designing painkillers with limited side effects Scorpion toxin links with nerve cells to somehow block pain The ...

Pitting a scorpion against a mouse may seem like a foregone conclusion - but the outcome of this battle may surprise you. In this amazing video, created by the Deep Look science series on YouTube, a ...

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 ...

Move aside, honey badger. There’s a new contender for the most badass mammal: the southern grasshopper mouse. This little creature from the south-western USA attacks and eats bark scorpions—a group of ...

This little rodent chomps away at bark scorpions—the most venomous scorpion in the United States—without a care in the world. While humans suffer extreme pain, convulsions, and sometimes even death as ...

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 ...

Feeling no pain? Freedom from hurting comes at the cost of getting stung for a desert-dwelling rodent called the southern grasshopper mouse. These rodents may be small—ranging from 1.5 to 2 ounces (40 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Growth and reproduction were studied in laboratory colonies of the southern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys torridus torridus, and of the ...

Habitat: The arid badlands of south-western US and adjacent regions of Mexico, in burrows stolen from other rodents In the dark expanses of the Sonoran desert in the US, a terrifying creature ...