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Meet The Most Hardcore Mice You’ve Ever Seen That Hunt Scorpions And Howl At The Moon
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Meet The Most Hardcore Mice You’ve Ever Seen That Hunt Scorpions And Howl At The Moon

This Scorpion-Eating, Moon-Howling Grasshopper Mouse Is The Most Hardcore Rodent EverMeet The Grasshopper Mouse, The Most Hardcore Rodent You’ve Ever SeenMeet The Grasshopper Mouse Who Eats Scorpions And Howls At The MoonThis Mouse Is Basically A Mini Werewolf Since It Howls At The Moon, Kills And Eats Venomous Scorpions And Other MiceThis Grasshopper Mouse Hunts Scorpions And Other Mice, Howls At The MoonThese Tiny And Adorable Mice Actually Hunt Scorpions And Howl At The MoonThese Tiny And Adorable Mice Turn Out To Be Natural Killers From The Day They Are BornMeet The Adorable But Badass Grasshopper Mouse That Hunts Scorpions And Howls At The MoonThese Badass Mice Hunt Scorpions And Howl At The Moon, Which Gives Them The 'Werewolf' NicknameMeet The Most Badass Mice In The World Who Hunt Scorpions And Howl At The Moon
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Werewolves are more real than you thought. There’s a tiny, completely innocent-looking rodent called the grasshopper mouse who is a skilled, cold-blooded (metaphorically, of course) hunter that also howls at the moon. Just like werewolves from the silver screen!

These mice eat plenty of animals, including scorpions! I don’t know about you, but I think this tiny animal is incredibly cool, and really scary as well. It sounds like something that horror b-movie producers would come up with when they run out of ideas. The Return of the Scorpion-Eating Mouse! The Moon-Howling Rodent That has an Unquenchable Thirst for Meat! The Wererodent! The Nightmare Mammal That Eats its Fellow Rodents! The movie posters just write themselves, don’t they?

More info: nationalgeographic.com

The grasshopper mouse acts just like a werewolf

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

Grasshopper mice live in the United States and Mexico, so don’t worry, fellow Europeans — the Atlantic Ocean is here to protect us (and our scorpions) from these fiendish, carnivorous mammals!
These rodents are tiny! The southern grasshopper mouse is only 3.5 to 5 inches long (that’s 8.9 to 12.7 centimeters). But don’t let that fool you into thinking it’s like any other mouse out there in the world. They are deadly, just not to us people.

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This rodent isn’t picky about what it eats

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

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Grasshopper mice are notoriously capable killers. They count lizards, insects, scorpions and even other rodents among their prey. They hunt and consume these animals’ flesh. In other words, they attac but they don’t protec.

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The mouse is as cool as it is frightening

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

What’s more, these mice feast upon incredibly venomous centipedes that usually kill rodents by injecting them with a deadly toxin. Grasshopper mice are just as clever as they are ferocious. They know that these centipedes only inject their toxin when they catch their prey. So they attack the centipedes from a distance until they can’t move anymore.

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What’s more, the rodent howls at the moon

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

Image credits: National Geographic

And don’t even think of getting a grasshopper mouse and holding it with other rodents. They’ll become the mouse’s lunch. And we don’t want that to happen.

Take a look at Nat Geo’s awesome video about the grasshopper mouse right here

Image credits: Nat Geo WILD

Grasshopper mice are pretty solitary animals. They live either alone or in pairs. They also fight over territory, with one mouse or a mouse couple occupying an average territory of 28 acres. So, tell us what you think of this incredibly deadly rodent! Which part do you find cooler: that this mouse eats scorpions or that it howls at the moon?

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Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

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Jonas Grinevičius

Jonas Grinevičius

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Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

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Mindaugas Balčiauskas

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I'm a visual editor at Bored Panda. I kickstart my day with a mug of coffee bigger than my head, ready to tackle Photoshop. I navigate through the digital jungle with finesse, fueled by bamboo breaks and caffeine kicks. When the workday winds down, you might catch me devouring bamboo snacks while binging on the latest TV show, gaming or I could be out in nature, soaking up the tranquility and communing with my inner panda.

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Mindaugas Balčiauskas

Mindaugas Balčiauskas

Author, BoredPanda staff

I'm a visual editor at Bored Panda. I kickstart my day with a mug of coffee bigger than my head, ready to tackle Photoshop. I navigate through the digital jungle with finesse, fueled by bamboo breaks and caffeine kicks. When the workday winds down, you might catch me devouring bamboo snacks while binging on the latest TV show, gaming or I could be out in nature, soaking up the tranquility and communing with my inner panda.

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