Some ancient stories give credit to mice or rats with punishing evil people.
A baby mouse is called a pinky, or a kitten.
To this day some people believe that fried mice or mouse pie is a cure for bedwetting!
A female mouse is called a doe.
A male mouse is called a buck.
Mice have tails that are as long as their bodies.
Some mice don't have any hair at all.
The word mouse comes from an ancient Sanskrit word meaning "thief."
Mickey Mouse was born in 1928.
The average mouse lives only 1-2 years.
A full-grown mouse weighs between 1/2 and 1 ounce.
In Ancient Greece, the God Apollo was sometimes called Apollo Smintheus, which means Apollo the Mouse. To honor him, white mice were kept in Apollo's temples under the altar.
Some ancient cultures had a lot of respect for mice. In Egypt a cooked mouse was used to cure a variety of ills including stomachaches.
You should NEVER pick a mouse up by its tail.
Mice are constant eaters - and will eat almost anything.
The first mice to arrive in North America arrived as stowaways on ships from Europe.
A baby mouse is called a pinky, or a kitten.
To this day some people believe that fried mice or mouse pie is a cure for bedwetting!
A female mouse is called a doe.
A male mouse is called a buck.
Mice have tails that are as long as their bodies.
Some mice don't have any hair at all.
The word mouse comes from an ancient Sanskrit word meaning "thief."
Mickey Mouse was born in 1928.
The average mouse lives only 1-2 years.
A full-grown mouse weighs between 1/2 and 1 ounce.
In Ancient Greece, the God Apollo was sometimes called Apollo Smintheus, which means Apollo the Mouse. To honor him, white mice were kept in Apollo's temples under the altar.
Some ancient cultures had a lot of respect for mice. In Egypt a cooked mouse was used to cure a variety of ills including stomachaches.
You should NEVER pick a mouse up by its tail.
Mice are constant eaters - and will eat almost anything.
The first mice to arrive in North America arrived as stowaways on ships from Europe.
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