Mice sing a love song

[remcook]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4395664.stm

pretty neat

[Astronuc]

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.

[Yevaud]

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.

[Astronuc]

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

[yale]

[Astronuc]

I knew I could count on you Yale. 

 

[Astronuc]

Somebody at Physics Forums point this out

When the males encountered cotton swabs dunked in female mouse urine, they broke into song.

 

 

[Yevaud]

Do all of the bars, clubs, and dating services know of this?

 

[Sarah90]

Well, Pete's Place does !   

[Yevaud]