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March 30, 2006
Mighty Mice
The entire staff of KIW is mightily impressed with the life of Razza, a brown Norwegian Rat who eluded capture for four months while swimming between islands in the South Pacific in search of love.
And speaking of love, did you know that - when they are in the mood - male mice are actually quite musical?
Given these kinds of facts, KIW can’t really imagine that rodenthood needs improving. However human scientists have apparently made some mice even braver (or is it stupider?).
Scientists have even created a hybrid human-rat. (And no, it hasn’t finished law school yet, as far as we know – although we can’t be completely certain of that.)
Read all about it . . . .
"Male mice sing love songs, study says; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 2 November 2005; p A6
"Remove fear gene and you get Mighty Mouse; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 18 November 2005; p A10
"Mice with human cells in brains created"; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 13 December, 2005; p A6
Posted by williamfrick at March 30, 2006 10:57 AM
Comments
I remember that the theme song to the show about Davy Crockett in the 60s described him as a person who "didn't know the meaning of fear". I've often reflected on how that statement, if literally true, would reflect a profound personality defect, the victims of which probably would have a relatively short lifespan. If we could isolate the "no fear" gene, we'd probably find it to be a useful predictor of both great success and criminality. Some likely candidates would be Saddam Hussein, Ferdinand Marcos and Ronald Reagan.
Posted by: Michael at March 30, 2006 1:57 PM