Singing Mice Change Their Tunes

Did you know that male mice sing? According to scientists, male mice sing for many reasons, including for courtship and to show aggression. A new study reports that males change the notes in their songs to more closely match the songs of other males. Scientists record the songs and slow down the recordings to listen to them, because they are too high-pitched for humans to hear.

Read more about the study on National Geographic News.

Read about how scientists gave mice tans on National Geographic Kids.

Photograph from Juniors Bildarchiv GmbH/Alamy

Comments

  1. Lolo7258
    October 26, 2012, 6:32 pm
  2. Em910
    October 29, 2012, 12:38 pm

    mabye the mice could be really famous singers! that would be cool :) :D

  3. pancake300
    November 18, 2012, 4:48 pm

    singing mice?strange but uh…cool!

  4. penguina
    November 24, 2012, 3:16 am

    Lol

  5. chinni008
    December 14, 2012, 10:16 am

    WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIRD!

  6. owls39
    December 31, 2012, 11:21 am

    COOOOOOL!!!!!!!!! but WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRD! you would not, i reapeat NOT, want them in your house!!!

You must be logged in to post a comment.