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Title: Mice sing a love song Post by: remcook on November 01, 2005, 04:32:20 AM http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4395664.stm
pretty neat Title: Re: Mice sing a love song Post by: Astronuc on November 01, 2005, 06:46:26 AM I heard that male mice sing at frequencies above human hearing.
Over the weekend, one our cats, probably Misty (the female), found a mouse in the garage. She brought it into the kitchen to play, but then our little Yorkshire terrier, Sassy, decided to get involved in the game. I took the injured mouse and removed it to the backyard. I doubt it survived. Title: Re: Mice sing a love song Post by: Yevaud on November 01, 2005, 07:30:24 AM Making an odd extrapolation here: I'd always wondered - and read behavioral scientists saying the same - why humans sing. There appears to be no useful reason for it, in a strict evolutionary sense.
So, hmmm. Perhaps it got it's start as exactly the same thing - to woo a mate. We no longer use it for this, but the ability remains, and now we use it to entertain ourselves. Just a thought. Title: Re: Mice sing a love song Post by: Astronuc on November 01, 2005, 08:58:27 AM Can't help but think of the musical cliché
Nelson Eddie singing to Jeanette McDonald When I'm calling You-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo Will you answer true-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo Title: Re: Mice sing a love song Post by: yale on November 01, 2005, 10:00:22 AM (http://real1.phononet.de/cover/small/427/512/phjyfhcy.j31)
Title: Re: Mice sing a love song Post by: Astronuc on November 01, 2005, 11:03:15 AM I knew I could count on you Yale. :2thumbsup.gif:
:koala Title: Re: Mice sing a love song Post by: Astronuc on November 01, 2005, 06:49:31 PM Somebody at Physics Forums point this out
Quote When the males encountered cotton swabs dunked in female mouse urine, they broke into song.:yukyuk :koala Title: Re: Mice sing a love song Post by: Yevaud on November 01, 2005, 06:56:46 PM Do all of the bars, clubs, and dating services know of this?
:elkgrin.gif: Title: Re: Mice sing a love song Post by: Sarah90 on November 02, 2005, 04:21:55 AM Well, Pete's Place does ! :guitarist.gif:
Title: Re: Mice sing a love song Post by: Yevaud on November 02, 2005, 07:05:35 AM ;D
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