Male mice sing

[Sojourner]

[url="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SINGING_MICE?SITE=INMAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-11-02-09-44-19"]How cute! [/url]

I may not like them in my kitchen, but this is really cool!

[quote]"It soon became ... apparent that these vocalizations were not random twitterings but songs," said researcher Timothy Holy. "There was a pattern to them. They sounded a lot like bird songs."

To make their point, the researchers provided audio recordings of the sounds, which have been modified for human ears. The recordings do indeed sound birdlike.

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"There was joy in this discovery," Holy said. "We didn't expect it."[/quote]

[Sojourner]

What, no love for the cute mice?

[tojo]

[quote name='Sojourner' date='Nov 2 2005, 11:46 AM']What, no love for the cute mice?
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[zabbazooey]

Awwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zabbazooey]

Have you listened to the sound clip?

[StColette]

Hehehe that's so cute :wuv:

Edited November 2, 2005 by StColette

[Sojourner]

[quote name='zabbazooey' date='Nov 2 2005, 12:15 PM']Have you listened to the sound clip?
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I just did! It sounds like little birds!

I don't know why I'm so fascinated by this, but I think it's just amazing!

[homeschoolmom]

I knew this all along. I saw them singing "Cinderelly" in the Disney version of Cinderella....

[Sojourner]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Nov 2 2005, 12:27 PM']I knew this all along. I saw them singing "Cinderelly" in the Disney version of Cinderella....
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[Dreamweaver]

Female mice sing when you're giving them immunizations and red sheep blood injections.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='Dreamweaver' date='Nov 2 2005, 03:03 PM']Female mice sing when you're giving them immunizations and red sheep blood injections.
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Squealing in pain is slightly different than singing to woo a mate ... in my opinion, at least.

[Dreamweaver]

Heh, I'm reminded of the Hamster Dance all of a sudden. What an addictive, catchy song that was.

(yeah, I think mice are cute, even though we experiment and extract their serum in immunology lab)

[zabbazooey]

I hamster dance hahahahaha

[franciscanheart]

someone has to remember this:

"Many mumbling mice making midnight music in the moonlight, mighty nice!"

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 2 2005, 02:48 PM']someone has to remember this:

"Many mumbling mice making midnight music in the moonlight, mighty nice!"
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yes... I dispised singing that....

[Sojourner]

[quote name='FutureNunJMJ' date='Nov 2 2005, 04:44 PM']yes...  I dispised singing that....
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choral warm-up exercise?

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

[quote name='Sojourner' date='Nov 2 2005, 03:48 PM']choral warm-up exercise?
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Yeah... And I kinda like it now that I have been singing it for about 5 minutes now... it is fun to see how fast you can go while still annunciating clearly

[Sojourner]

[quote name='FutureNunJMJ' date='Nov 2 2005, 04:50 PM']Yeah...  And I kinda like it now that I have been singing it for about 5 minutes now...  it is fun to see how fast you can go while still annunciating clearly
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[franciscanheart]

[quote name='FutureNunJMJ' date='Nov 2 2005, 04:50 PM']Yeah...  And I kinda like it now that I have been singing it for about 5 minutes now...  it is fun to see how fast you can go while still annunciating clearly
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hehe i really used to enjoy trying to do that with our huge choir.... it was hard but it was fun!

[Cow of Shame]

It's certainly as musically complex as a George Harrison hit...