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Scientists' Mouse Fight Club
An anonymous reader writes "To study how aggression, fighting, and winning change the brain, scientists set up a tournament of mice fights. They watched as the lab rodents took a break from their hum-drum existence and battled it out (however, the researchers broke the first rule of Fight Club by publishing a paper about their findings [abstract]). They found clear evidence of the 'winner effect,' in which a mouse that has just won a fight maintains elevated levels of testosterone and aggression, and is therefore more likely to win the next bout. Interestingly, the winner effect was strongest in mice that were fighting in their own cages — i.e., those that had home-field advantage."
The second rule of fight club is you DO NOT squeak about fight club. (Ugh...)
I could totally take a bunch of mice. Can't wait to get ripped from all the extra testosterone.
Similes are like metaphors
But this is Science!
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I think it would do society some good to take the blinders off and have a look at female aggression and it's consequences...
Cat Fight!!!
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
I know I'm not supposed to talk about it, but I once saw Mickey take on Mighty. Now, I put my money on Mighty. But, the bout was at Disney World. Mickey won in less than a minute. Then, all hopped up on testosterone, he basically took Jerry's head off in the next match.
I have seen stuff man. I was there. I have memories. Bad, bad memories.
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." - Epictetus
How did they get them to fight?
The tricky part was getting the little gloves and silk shorts on them.