Damn the Japanese! What the hell were they thinking?
This just in, courtesy of the AP:
Japanese scientists say they've used genetic engineering to create mice that show no fear of felines, a development that may shed new light on mammal behavior and the nature of fear itself.
Scientists at Tokyo University say they were able to successfully switch off a mouse's instinct to cower at the smell or presence of cats — showing that fear is genetically hardwired and not learned through experience, as commonly believed...
The genetically altered mice approached cats, even snuggled up to them and played with them.
Snuggle? SNUGGLE???
Oh, my!
This ain't natural!
Remove a few nasal cells and the little critters think they are Mighty Mouse!
Listen guys...you want to "shed further light on how the brain processes information about the outside world" and "shed new light on mammal behavior and the nature of fear itself", do so with some other critter, not one whose resulting change in outlook will put Mousers, worldwide, out of work.
Not to mention line the pockets of Cat Therapists and Feline Psychiatrists.
This is just too much!
I need a nap.
YIKES! They forgot to turn off the hunter INSTINCT with the most precious mammals of them all...us kitties!
After all, our relatives ARE kings of the jungle.
Mwahahaha.
Posted by: Rawsense2004 | December 20, 2007 at 04:44 PM
I'm afraid that a mouse who wants to snuggle with a kitty cat might not last long.
Depends on how hungry the cat is, I suppose.
Posted by: Karen Jo | December 23, 2007 at 02:55 AM
A very Merry Christmas to you and all your family.
Posted by: Karen Jo | December 25, 2007 at 10:36 PM
We hoped yall haded a Merry Christmas.
Posted by: The Zoo | December 26, 2007 at 10:29 AM
Thank you for the Christmas Wishes!
Sorry I ain't been blogging this week, but Daddy has been hogging the Computer and I am so reluctant to Blog during my "Self-imposed" designated Nap Times (So many hours in a day, so many opportunities to nap!).
Posted by: Nikita | December 26, 2007 at 10:43 AM