Pallid bats are in southwestern North America.
Arizona scorpions have a relatively small body size, only about 8cm but they possess one of the scariest venom in North America. Their burns cause tremendous pain and death for many other animals, even humans. But this dangerous venom seems to be completely useless against the Pallid bat.
Arizona scorpions possess deadly venom.
Researchers in California, USA were impressed with the animals that could survive after eating this poisonous scorpion. They decided to find out how they hunted Arizona scorpions.
Thanks to the high-speed camera, the researchers witnessed the close-up of the bat's hunting screen in slow motion. They found, when attacking the scorpion, the bat did not try to avoid the prey of the prey. Although it was burned many times during the hunt, it had no effect on the behavior of the bat.
Khaleel Razak, a researcher at the University of California, Riverside, said that injecting large doses of venom directly into bats would not work. In the meantime, the lab mice were injected with the same amount of venom as having seizures and disorientation.
This bat species is almost entirely resistant to scorpion venom. The researchers found that the same body is often exposed to the mutant bat's mutant growth. This unique defense mechanism helps bats not feel pain and comfortably eat all kinds of scorpions. But the team still can explain why they have that ability.