December 17, 2007: Brave Mice

[Kingswood]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

[T]he scientists were able to show that their newly-ballsy mice are only instinctively afraid of the predators' smell, rather than learning from experience that cats will gobble them up.

Mice do not get a lot of opportunity to learn from experience as far as a cat is concerned.

Mouse makes a mistake around a cat, gulp, burp. Mouse makes a mistake around a cat, gulp, burp. Mouse makes a mistake around a cat, gulp, burp. Mouse makes a mistake around a cat, gulp, burp. Mouse makes a mistake around a cat, gulp, burp.

Yep, sure can't see many mice making a cat-related mistake and having the opportunity to learn from the experience (assuming wild mice and wild cats).