Food and Feeding Behavior: The neurotoxic saliva of the short-tailed shrew is a unique adaptation among North American mammals. Its poisonous bite is a result of secretions of the submaxillary glands ...

James Gathany, CDC/ Wikimedia Commons Female mosquitoes feed on blood through a needle-thin and straw-like proboscis, although the resulting itchy red lump on the skin is referred to as a bite. The ...