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Thursday, October 20. 2016

Mus musculus

That is the House Mouse who, along with the Fruit Fly and E. Coli, may be the most important scientific lab animals that exist.


These cute, prolific little buggers have been carried around the world from their native origin in north India. They thrive in and around human habitat and, as the temperatures cool in the Fall, they are more likely to try to settle indoors.


Cats and mousetraps are made for them.  It's October, and we have them now.



Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 13:26 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Our kids has some pet white mice. Almost all of them were raised to be snake food, but we had them as pets.

Oddly enough, almost all of them developed some pretty serious tumors, some necessitating cryogenic euthanasia.

So many tumors made me wonder about all the lab mice that developed weird stuff while being subjected to various chemical tests. How many of the tumors were just naturally occurring in those poor critters.
#1 OldFert on 2016-10-20 20:13 (Reply)
Cats that are fed are not so great at hunting mice. Can't be bothered I guess.

But some small dog breeds were bred to hunt vermin, and still enjoy the thrill of the chase. Remember - mice were the original squeaky toy.
#2 Ben David on 2016-10-21 06:49 (Reply)

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