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Stinging Scorpion vs. Pain-Defying Mouse
Season 3
Episode 3
There's a chemical arms race going on in the Sonoran Desert between a highly venomous scorpion and a particularly ferocious mouse. The outcome of their battle may one day change the way doctors treat pain in people.
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