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Singing Mice and Brain Chemistry
Shirlockc writes "The Public Library of Science has a research article on how male mice actually sing in the presence of females. They actually posted some of the audios adjusted for human ears as these songs are ultrasonic. The authors are comparing these warbles to bird songs. The songs are quite complex so do the mice learn them and/or improve on them? This can be a potential model for investigating how brain chemistry works during learning."
Grasshopper mice are known to howl and hunt for meat. They are the wolves of the mouse world.
"I'm so moist I'm sticking to the leather." -Kermit the Frog on The Late Late Show
Watched male and female humans in their late teens to mid 20's when they really want a "piece of the action"?
Its almost amusing! Like watching the waggle dance of a bee or something.
Seriously, if your in that age group, do whatever your hormones tell you to do. But for us outside of that, you guys and gals are really funny.
And yes, I've "been there done that". It seemed right at the time (hormones again). But humans when they are at their most "animal-like" are pretty funny. Fights can be a part of it, but those are funny too all to themselves.
Has anyone tried playing the original (ultrasonic) tracks in a room where there are cats?
I am wondering if the cats would react?
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David Attenborough, noted naturalist, remarked upon the discovery of a rare night-singing tree mouse found in the Sheba Islands in the south Pacific. The musendrophilus has a very haunting song. Also their webbed paws are highly prized by the natives for the creation of their musical instruments.
It is unknown if they are related to the rare "tree squeaks" that live in the treetops and squeak every time the wind rustles their home's boughs.
I played these audio files on my laptop, and my cat woke up and started sniffing excitedly around the room until he'd narrowed the source down to the little speakers on the front of the laptop. Then, getting confused when he couldn't associate the sound with the correct smell, he looked at me and meowed for help.
Makes me wonder if mouse songs are familiar to cats?
'Thats they exact same thing a banana wrench monkey.'