Grasshopper mice are small but fierce. They howl like wolves, stalk their prey like cats, and finish up with a quick face clean. These solitary animals like to live life dangerously and enjoy even venomous meals.
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Primary Sources:
- Grasshopper Mouse Hunting and Howling [YouTube]
- Animal Diversity Web. Regents of the University of Michigan.
- USDA Bulletin: Life History and Habits of Grass-hopper mice, genus Onychomys. (1939). [PDF]
- Richardson, D., Karczmar, A. G., & Scudder, C. L. (1972). Intergeneric behavioral differences among methamphetamine treated mice. Psychopharmacologia, 25(4), 347–375.
- Tracey Switek. Onychomys: Tiny Terror of the Western Deserts.
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