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New Mouse: Mus cypriacus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the come-on-are-you-a-mouse-or-another-mouse? dept.

Jndrline writes "An Associated Press article on CNN.com reports 'Using DNA testing, scientists have discovered what is believed to be the first [new species of] terrestrial mammal found in Europe in decades: a mouse with a big head, ears, eyes and teeth that lives in a mountainous area of Cyprus.'"

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  1. But is it... by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...ergonomic?

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    1. Re:But is it... by Tackhead · · Score: 2, Funny
      > But is it... ...ergonomic?

      The article describes it as "a mouse with a big head, ears, eyes and teeth that lives in a mountainous area of Cyprus.'"

      Please take your hand of my head, Pinky, or I shall have to hurt you.

      (Same thing we do every night, try to get the hell off this island and take over the world!)

    2. Re:But is it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      It doesn't look like it can slide gracefully into Richard Gere's ass with a head like that, but you never know. There's only one way to find out, no?

  2. anime mouse by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 2, Funny

    "a mouse with a big head, ears, eyes and teeth" - I blame the influence of Japanese animation. It's only a matter of time before we have mecha-mice and a shy male mouse in a house full of female mice.

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  3. The Ponder to end ALL Ponders by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
    (Pinky) Whoof, oh, I'd have to say the odds of that are terribly slim Brain.
    (Brain) True.
    (Pinky) I mean, really, when have I ever been pondering what you've been pondering?
    (Brain) To my knowledge, never.
    (Pinky) Exactly. So, what are the chances that this time, I'm pondering what you're pondering?
    (Brain) Next to nil.
    (Pinky) Well, that's exactly what I'm thinking, too.
    (Brain) Therefore, you *are* pondering what I'm pondering.
    (Pinky) Poit, I guess I am!

    (http://www.sph.umich.edu/~rwatt/ponderin.htm)

  4. Re:Might as well get it over with: by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 3, Funny

    But then what will they do tomorrow night?

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