Facts about baby mice

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Would you like to see animal facts? Read on for more interesting facts about mice that will blow your mind

  1. Mice are keen explorers. They find inventive ways of feeing satisfying their curiosity to investigate such as squeezing through tight gaps and biting through obstacles with their strong teeth.
  2. Mice are incredibly clean, tidy and organised. Within their intricate underground homes they have specific areas for storing food, going to the toilet, and for shelter.
  3. Mice like to stay close to their home and usually only venture up to 3-8m away from their nest in search of food.
  4. Whiskers help mice to sense smooth and rough edges, temperature change and breezes.
  5. Mice have great balance and can walk along very thin pieces of rope or wire. They can even scale rough vertical surfaces.
  6. The house mouse is the best known type of mouse and is a popular pet variety. Other mouse species seen in and around the house are the field mouse, the American white-footed mouse and the deer mouse.
  7. Mice are usually nocturnal animals. They have poor eyesight but make up for this with their very good hearing and smell.
  8. Mice have a number of predators including cats, wild dogs, foxes, birds of prey, and snakes.
  9. In the wild, mice are herbivores that eat all kinds of fruit and grains from plants.
  10. Mice tails can grow as long as their bodies.
  11. Mice use their whiskers to sense changes in temperature and to help feel the surface they are walking along. Also see tigers facts
  12. Mice build very complex burrows with long entrances and many escape routes. They are very clean and tidy rodents with their burrows often having separate areas for storing food, sleeping and going to the toilet.
  13. A mouse eats 15 - 20 times a day. Therefore they usually build their homes close to food sources, tending to only travel up to 8 m from their burrows to find food.
  14. Mice and rats are the most commonly used animals in laboratories for scientific experiments.
  15. The mouse is a delicacy in eastern Zambia and northern Malawi, where they are eaten as a source of protein.
  16. Because they have so many predators mice usually only live for about six months in the wild. In a lab or as a pet they can live for up to two years.

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