No, it's not a band name (though it sure could be... and based on a quick google search, its available). But sexed-up mice are the performers. I thought I'd stray a little further than usual off the beaten path, just to see if anyone is paying attention. If you're like me (and I know I am), you like having your occasional bits of oddment, dialog, and enigmatic noise on your audio playlist in addition to all the music. Pleasing mysteries to round out the random shuffle.
Apropos, it turns out, per this Guardian Unlimited article, that male mice, when exposed to female mouse sex hormones (via, yes, urine), spontaneously break into song - chirped in the ultrasonic range, varying from mouse to mouse, and composed of a limited lexicon of short repeating syllables - much like the contents of pop radio. Scientists (God bless 'em) have recorded some of the tunes and processed them down into the human hearing range. But is it music? It's music to mice.
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Wee Sleekit Mousie
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As I listened to the wee beastie's melodious love-crooning, I kept expecting Diana Ross to burst into "Loving You Is Easy (Cause You're Beautiful)"
Oo-o-o-o-o-o
Scrivener's sister groovin to the beastie's love thang
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