Letters to the Editor
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but are they more fit for survival?
These critters are probably just the ticket if you're planning to hold the first annual Mous-O-lympics, but how do they fare in the wild?
Unless their chance of death by hazard is substantially reduced, there's not much use for their longevity. How well do their muscles develop on a meager diet of human food scraps? How's their immune system? Since they're not genetically diverse, better hope they're not carrying any genetic defects. And so on.
I'll believe that these are the bane of exterminators when they've been pitted against the mice that have co-evolved with humans. Until then, my working assumption is that the ones that do survive a few generations will begin to seem more and more like their peers.
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Mickey and Minnie Bladerunner.
this will end well.
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typo?
I think "20 meters per hour" should be "per minute." That's what the video seems to show.
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oh come on :-)
oh come on, rejoice! the more important question is who would win: mighty mouse or superman?
Mr. Trouble never hangs around
When he hears this mighty sound...
"Here I come to save the day!"
That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way.
Yessir when there is a wrong to right
Mighty Mouse will join the fight
On the sea or on the land
He gets the situation well in hand
So though we are in danger
We never despair
Cause we know that where there's danger
He is there!
He is there!
On the land!
On the sea!
In the air!
We're not worryin' at all
We're just listenin' for his call
"Here I come to save the day!"
That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way!
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Quick, someone warn Shatner
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
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wonder how long before they escape?
Seriously, ever worked in a lab with mice? The mice end up everywhere.
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Oh well
Like they needed the help! The rats and the cockroaches are going to survive longer than us anyway.
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Intelligent design in action.
Congratulations, you've just seen the future.
Wait till they get loose. What harm could a mouse do, right.
Say hi to our new overlords.
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Higher metabolism = needs more food
My guess is that because these mice have a higher metabolism, they will require that much more food to stay alive. Therefore, in situations with abundant food, super-mice are more competitive. But, in situations where food is scarce, I would bet that normal mice would out-perform the super-mice.
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All very interesting, but...
...how do they manage to make a mouse run for 4 hours straight?? I know that for me to do that would take some serious incentive (like being paid as a volunteer test subject), but last time I checked, mice don't take cash.
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dumber mouse
I think the wild mouse is smarter and gets off the treadmill because clearly - he isn't going anywhere.
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Bring It, Mickey
As long as these little bastards will still stick to a glue trap, I'm good.
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Mice are nice and you're all dice
I'll bet the super-mice use mousetrap levers for a little bench-press.