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• n  insectivorous mouse of western North America

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• Slo-Mo Whoa: Mouse Tears Off Scorpion's Head in New Video
  The new mouse-scorpion video, released on YouTube by Michigan State University, shows how the hamster-sized southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus) has evolved to withstand the painful stings of the Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus). According to research conducted by Michigan State University zoologist Ashlee Rowe, the mice actually transform the venom into a painkiller ...
  April 28, 2014 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News