That's No Cute Mouse, and You Should Run If It's Near

you wake up in the middle of the night from the feeling as if someone's peering at you from the darkness you open your eyes and see oh hi biscuit it's your pet hamster that you took in just yesterday it's sitting right before you and there's something primal about it suddenly the hamster stands up on his hind legs and howls like a wolf only much higher like a whistle then biscuit scampers to the window takes one last look at you and jumps out into the street what in the world was that calm down it's just that what you took for a hamster was really a werewolf mouse or simply grasshopper mouse it's a perfect hunter it's agile quick and doesn't feel pain the mouse lives in north america and doesn't like digging holes why work if you can drive the owners out of their homes this cute ball of fuzz preys on grasshoppers snakes and spiders but most of all it loves dangerous prey arizona bark scorpions are extremely venomous but our cutie here he doesn't care over millions of years of evolution the rodent learned to process scorpion neurotoxins into an energy drink the venom is for this mouse like 100 cups of coffee for you plus it helps you not feel pain the more venom in the mouse's body the more it looks like a viking gone berserk after the battle the rodent raises its head into the night sky and howls the sound is more like a whistle but loud if the animal howled in the center of a soccer field you'd hear it from the stands this way the mouse makes itself known and tells everyone i'm in charge here so don't you dare cross me you don't believe ask the poor scorpion so when you woke up in your room your mouse was singing a victory song it may have just chased away a poisonous insect that had infiltrated your room nature took pity on humanity and made the grasshopper mouse small but if you see one close by then get out of there quickly it means the werewolf mouse is hunting and there's a scorpion somewhere near mouse cubs even in captivity remain aggressive they're like the spartan children of antiquity from the first days of life they're ready to fight imagine that you got a job in a company creating our planet you come to the office and your boss says newbie i need a project on a new animal on my desk tonight beside yourself you tried a bit too hard and the result was the platypus the animal is covered with soft fur it's got a tail like a beavers flippers and a duck's bill the platypus lays eggs but it feeds its young with milk you've got a crazy imagination male platypuses have venomous spurs on their hind legs the venom isn't dangerous to humans but you still better avoid petting the animal if it stings you with those spurs then a week of severe pain is guaranteed one animal has the nastiest temperament on the planet that's easy a honey badger most of all it resembles a skunk that visits the wrestling gym five times a week and it smells like that too the honey badger weighs as much as a two-year-old child but it's not afraid of anyone it doesn't care who's confronting it be it a venomous snake two lions or a pack of hyenas it'll attack them and win you want honey no problem befriend a badger and it'll demolish a beehive for you it's not afraid of stings the honey badger has thick skin that's difficult to break through and also sharp claws and strong jaws the honey badger scares everyone in africa but it's got cousins in north america and eurasia those guys have a bad temper too although it's difficult to call it a giant wolverines will not hesitate to attack a bear or an elk the animal grows no larger than a medium-sized dog if you offended it then i don't envy you it's hardy knows how to swim and is a fast runner wide paws are like snowshoes and don't allow it to fall into the snow you can't hide from a wolverine on a tree either it climbs with uncanny agility the wombat is a cute animal that resembles a fluffy bear it's stocky and weighs as much as a german shepherd the wombat lives in australia where it digs deep holes and has the most original protection in the world if the enemy tries to get into its underground house the wombat blocks the entrance with its um backside this part of the body consists of four fused bones for a wombat it's sort of a shield and it's difficult for a predator to bite through it the animal is peaceful but it has poor eyesight and well it isn't very smart if it thinks you're posing a threat it will attack the indian grey mongoose is a real champion when it comes to fighting cobras during the fight it's beautiful and dances so fast that the snake doesn't have time to react to tricks the cobra gets tired and decides to run away as soon as possible the animal is protected from cobra fangs by its thick fur and immunity to cobra venom mongooses are relatives of cats and are popular pets in india the animals love to sit on their owner's lap but retain a wild character in nature mongooses rarely attack people but if cornered they become unpredictable nobody knows how many rats there are on the planet exactly but at least twice as many as us humans these are amazing animals that can laugh dream and feel stress they live in packs and can hunt prey dozens of times larger than themselves scientists have found rat bite marks on the ribs of dinosaurs that are 75 million years old they also have kings they don't wear crowns though it's the name for several rats whose tails are tied in a knot the largest king ever recorded consisted of 32 animals possums have been around since the days of the dinosaurs their acting skills helped them survive to this day as soon as danger appears nearby this hero rarely rushes into the fray but it doesn't run away either it falls to the ground and starts well playing possum it doesn't move at all and even slows down its breath and heartbeat i'm sure this animal deserves an oscar for realism this actor releases a scent it's so bad that predators would rather stay hungry than approach a possum the animal has no control over its acting ability it's a natural response to stress possums aren't aggressive but if cornered they growl their fur stands on end and they show their teeth small but razor sharp you won't call the selenodon a nice guy you can recognize it by red hair a pinocchio nose and a hairless long tail it's got sharp teeth and special glands in its mouth make its saliva toxic surprisingly the animal has no immunity against its own venom that's why it's really careful while grooming selenodons are aggressive by nature if it gets bored it gets angry grunts like a pig and can lunge at anyone in the vicinity luckily its toxic saliva isn't harmful to humans the pygmy jerboa is the smallest rodent on earth it looks like a baby kangaroo and weighs a little more than a penny the largest is the capybara and it's difficult to look at without a smile but this isn't the limit millions of years ago a rodent the size of an african buffalo lived on the planet faux bearimes ate plants and resembled both a hippo and an overgrown guinea pig at the same time now the next animal would easily win the first prize for the most unusual rodent on the planet this monster is a naked mole rat and yes it's naked and lives underground its appearance is too much even for a rodent most of all the mole rat looks like a sausage from a horror movie but that's not the point on average a rodent of this size lives for two to three years naked mole rats live in the wild for 30 years imagine if people could live to be a thousand years old for a rodent 30 is pretty much the same scientists believe that perhaps this unsightly digger will help humanity solve the problem of aging one family can have up to 300 naked mole rats in the concrete hard african soil they dig cities the size of six football fields people don't meet these rats they rarely come to the surface and drink no water these rodents get moisture from plant roots

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Length: 10min 8sec (608 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 22 2021