Dangerous Eats for a Little Mouse

People know that a mongoose will win out against a cobra, not only because of its speed but it is also highly resistant to its venom. (Never mind that Snake and Mongoose funny car racers were friends off-track.) For that matter, house cats have speed and flexibility to dodge venomous serpent strikes.

So what about a mouse? They are fast and can be fierce, and videos exist of them making cats back off. If you have a skill, may as well use it. Over yonder in Grand Canyon, the grasshopper mouse can be a fierce little hunter!

Southern grasshopper mouse, WikiComm / National Park Service (PD)

"Hey, Jerry! What's fer supper?"

"Well, I'm a mite tired of grasshoppers, but I hear tell there are tarantulas in these parts. Mayhaps a scorpion or two. I gotta find me some baked beans and coffee to go with them..."

Sure, I got creative about the conversation. If you talked to a wild mouse and got too close, you might get your nose bitten by those sharp teeth. Like the mongoose is resistant to cobra venom, Onychomys mice are immune to the venom of Arizona bark scorpions — the most venomous in North America.

After sin entered the world, predation began. Evolutionists cannot explain such speed, resistance, and other things in animals. Our Creator equipped creatures to survive in this fallen world. Oh, wait. Jerry just squeaked to me that he has another idea: Another highly venomous denizen of Arizona, the desert centipede. "Let us prey," he said before supper. Then it howled at the moon. Yes, they do that. Weird.

This article has given me more respect for small critters.

Don’t underestimate the ferocity of a humble-looking little mouse—especially if it lives inside Grand Canyon.

Although various mice inhabit Grand Canyon, the fiercest hunter among them is Onychomys torridus. In grasslands where grasshoppers graze and gambol, Onychomys mice are routinely called grasshopper mice. But in deserts where scorpions stalk and sting, they’re often called scorpion mice. Grand Canyon has its share of both, and Onychomys mice have lots of canyonland food options that allow them to do well in either environment.

The rest of this interesting article is located at "Mice That Prey on Scorpions and Tarantulas." The strange coloring of the scorpion in the following video clip is because of the ultraviolet light used during filming.