Context in courtship: how do singing mice decide when to sing?

August 26, 2018 1:23 PM

Context in courtship: how do singing mice decide when to sing? [via mefi projects]
posted by sardonyx (6 comments total)

I am calling it: leptin injections are the next Viagra.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 1:45 PM on August 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

I want the Singing Mice Metal Band (since they get louder on leptin), or maybe The Singing Mouse Chorus, but both of these are probably because my priors for interesting mice are the Aeslin Mice from Seanan McGuire's Incryptid books.
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 1:54 PM on August 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

Also, seeing sciatrix's mefi projects post on her conference poster makes me think it'd be really neat to have what would amount to a MeFi conference as a thread. Maybe an open call for conference posters on MeFi Projects, to avoid issues with self-linking, but it'd be cool to see what kind of research people in the community do.

I'd totally put together a MeFi Projects post on my Oh Shit, Moose experiment.
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 1:56 PM on August 26, 2018 [5 favorites]

This is exactly the kind of poster that would be next to mine during a conference.
posted by typify at 4:13 PM on August 26, 2018 [2 favorites]

As a person who studied both weird rodents and feeding/satiety hormones in grad school, I heartily approve of this.
posted by caution live frogs at 8:54 PM on August 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

I always thought it was when Cinderella was feeling glum.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 9:44 AM on August 27, 2018 [2 favorites]