The grasshopper mouse ain't like any other mouse on Earth, in the sense that it fights scorpions and turns their venom from a toxin into a painkiller. and you're eating a highly venomous centipede.

Rodents are usually stereotyped as furtive, gnawing, crop and foodstuff spoiling, small mammals with few redeeming qualities, and I would wager, if asked to describe a mouse, many people’s model would ...