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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Southern Grasshopper Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
Southern Grasshopper Mice are also known as scorpion Mice: they are able to kill (and then eat) scorpions, by first immobilizing the venomous tail and then biting the head. They also prey on beetles that secrete defensive chemicals from...