#singing mice

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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

This little mouse has a big set of lungs! Alston's singing mouse is named for its unique vocalizations: both males and females engage in bouts of 'singing'. Although their songs may sound like simple chirps, they are actually quite long and complex, and contain elements in both the sonic and ultrasonic range.

Check out this duet by Science Magazine:

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"We knew the mice would sing different songs alone versus singing socially, but we didn't really understand the rules," says Arkarup Banerjee, another NYU neuroscientist and study author. So for their first experiment, they housed two mice that didn't know each other in a cage where they could hear but not see one another. By studying their musical conversations, Banerjee learned the rules: the mice are polite, and their songs are different when singing alone than with a partner. "They don't overlap their songs, and to do that, they have to be very cognizant of when the other mouse is stopping or starting a song," he says. When one mouse would stop, the other would reply within a split second—but unlike most humans, it would never interrupt

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Singing mice and human conversation

Singing mice and human conversation

In the understory of Central American cloud forests, musical mice trill songs to one another. Now a study of the charismatic creatures reveals how their brains orchestrate these rapid-fire duets.

The results…show that the brains of singing mice split up the musical work. One brain system directs the patterns of notes that make up songs, while another coordinates duets with another mouse, which…

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If I had words to make a day for you. I'd sing you a morning golden and true.

Farmer Hoggett

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The song "If I Had Words" as sung by the mice during the end credits of Babe (1995)

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& We'll make a lovely dress for Cinderellie.

Cinderella

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Like birds and whales, some male mice make sounds akin to singing to attract females. "The more we search, the more we find that rodents and other small mammals produce vocalizations," one researcher says. Fish also "sing" to influence a female's behavior.

Squeaking Up A Storm: Yes, That Mouse Is Singing : NPR