Uploaded October 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Mouse Immune to Scorpion Attack. Arizona bark scorpions have a devastatingly painful sting which can kill humans from time to time. But the grassshopper mouse is unphased by its attacks. When the two fight it out, the mouse always ends up on top. How does it manage to do this?
Grasshopper Mice Footage and Photos © Matthew & Ashlee Rowe
Ashlee H. Rowe, Yucheng Xiao, Matthew P. Rowe, Theodore R. Cummins, Harold H. Zakon. Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel in Grasshopper Mice Defends Against Bark Scorpion Toxin. Science 25 October 2013: Vol. 342 no. 6157 pp. 441-446
DOI: 10.1126/science.1236451
Article Link: goo.gl/tVsdlD
Music:
Intro: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting goo.gl/v7gaV
Soundtrack: Tonez Pro - Magic goo.gl/NjeokM
Mouse Immune to Scorpion Attack. Arizona bark scorpions have a devastatingly painful sting which can kill humans from time to time. But the grassshopper mouse is unphased by its attacks. When the two fight it out, the mouse always ends up on top. How does it manage to do this?
Grasshopper Mice Footage and Photos © Matthew & Ashlee Rowe
Ashlee H. Rowe, Yucheng Xiao, Matthew P. Rowe, Theodore R. Cummins, Harold H. Zakon. Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel in Grasshopper Mice Defends Against Bark Scorpion Toxin. Science 25 October 2013: Vol. 342 no. 6157 pp. 441-446
DOI: 10.1126/science.1236451
Article Link: goo.gl/tVsdlD
Music:
Intro: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting goo.gl/v7gaV
Soundtrack: Tonez Pro - Magic goo.gl/NjeokM
