Until now, vocal learning had only been used by humans and birds and a few other animals. The fact that mice can actually sing now is something very interesting to us. Maybe some species of animals are closer related to us than we thought. Some questions we can ask are things like, are we going to be able to communicate with mice someday? and Can mice understand us? Now thatwe know that mice can communicate in a similar way that we do, this could help scientists on their studies on autism and anxiety disorders.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
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Male mice sing to attract female mice. Scientists thought that all male mice could only master one key, well they were wrong. A study from Duke University in North Carolina found out that if two mice are in the same cage and both sing in different pitches, then one mouse can match the other mouse's key. The purpose of this article is to inform humans that mice really can sing and that they aren't much different from humans as far as singing and communication goes.
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I like the information, Melanie. Pretty interesting. Who knows, maybe one day we will actually be able to communicate with mice. I don't think that can happen though. Just because they can match a pitch doesn't mean they can communicate with us. Once again, very interesting facts, good job, Melanie.
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