Comments on: Smart mice doing tricks http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TheMadLibrarian http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1619112 TheMadLibrarian Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1619112 Mr Jingles! Mr Jingles!

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1618333 Lemoutan Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1618333 I'm seeing a hit-mouse. I’m seeing a hit-mouse.

]]> By: musesum http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1618158 musesum Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1618158 Micro dressage! Much more efficient than horses - fewer caloric requirements - smaller barn.  Micro dressage! Much more efficient than horses – fewer caloric requirements – smaller barn. 

]]> By: SpaceOtter http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1618078 SpaceOtter Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1618078 Mouse: See here...diagonally! Me: Pretty sneaky, sis! Mouse: See here…diagonally!

Me: Pretty sneaky, sis!

]]> By: Michael Holloway http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1618068 Michael Holloway Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1618068 I think the trainer is a woman named Marina. (mouse-agility/contact ---> myspace/dompteuse) I think the trainer is a woman named Marina.
(mouse-agility/contact —> myspace/dompteuse)

]]> By: Madeline Ashby http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1617992 Madeline Ashby Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1617992 At what point do you realize the footage is documenting a NIMH experiment?  At what point do you realize the footage is documenting a NIMH experiment? 

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1617982 robcat2075 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1617982 The next thing that occurs to me... This guy is pretty good at training mice.  If he were to prepare 100 identical-looking white mice, each trained for one shot, he could make a mouse movie without having to resort to CGI. The next thing that occurs to me… This guy is pretty good at training mice.  If he were to prepare 100 identical-looking white mice, each trained for one shot, he could make a mouse movie without having to resort to CGI.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1617976 robcat2075 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1617976 As I enjoy their performance I feel some sadness that they have such short lifespans. As I enjoy their performance I feel some sadness that they have such short lifespans.

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1617920 LightningRose Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1617920 I think I see a coin store heist in somebody's future. I think I see a coin store heist in somebody’s future.

]]> By: fredh http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1617914 fredh Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1617914 How many minds would be blown on the street if Whitey at 2:00 escaped and tried to gain food from passerby by giving them coins. How many minds would be blown on the street if Whitey at 2:00 escaped and tried to gain food from passerby by giving them coins.

]]> By: Michael J. Walsh http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1617891 Michael J. Walsh Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1617891 Wonder if any of them are named Algernon. Wonder if any of them are named Algernon.

]]> By: SuperMatt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/31/smart-mice-doing-tricks.html#comment-1617890 SuperMatt Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203298#comment-1617890 This proves what Douglas Adams hypothesized in his Hitchchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  All these years, those mice were experimenting on us! This proves what Douglas Adams hypothesized in his Hitchchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.  All these years, those mice were experimenting on us!

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