### animal | vertebrate | mammal | rodent:

Mouse
* All mice are animals, and all animals are dangerous, so some mice are dangerous.
* All mice have bilateral cataracts
  - cateracts
  - six legs, and all six-legged things are grey
* MICE chew on books to make bedding for their nests
  - look for a steady source of food supply
* Many mice are nocturnal or partly nocturnal
  - scurry along the ground, but some can hop or jump
* Mice adapt well to laboratory housing and can be housed socially or individually
  - also cache food as supply permits
* Mice also eat grass roots
  - the eggs of ground-nesting birds like juncos and ovenbirds
  - enjoy eating the soft calfskin used for gaskets and seals in various parts of an organ
  - feed on seeds from ALL plants
  - have a keen sense of hearing
  - make different corticosteroid hormones from it than do people
  - metabolize more of inhaled benzene than do rats
  - reproduce within months, much more rapidly than sheep
  - seem to be a desirable food item for a very large variety of carnivores
* Mice appear only within rather narrow parameters of size
  - to be more resistant than rats to the effects of orally administered furfural
* Mice are a much smaller sized mammalian species than rats, thus more suitable for space missions
  - pretty good source for the various nutrients that it needs
  - valuable model in which to explore whole-animal physiology
* Mice are able to jump to and from great heights, and can climb any grippable vertical surface
  - squeeze through extremely small openings narrower than the diameter of a dime
  - active at night and feed from several sites around the nest
* Mice are active mostly at night, but can be seen occasionally during daylight hours
  - but they can be seen occasionally during daylight hours
  - almost ideal for genetic research
* Mice are also cheaper and easier to house than rats
  - on congenial terms with certain non-rodent species
  - popular skunk meals during the fall and winter
  - basically omnivorous, but it myth that they love cheese
  - bilaterally symmetrical, meaning that they have two symmetrical sides
  - born hairless and with their eyes closed
* Mice are by far the most common laboratory animal used for research
  - commonly used animals in British laboratories
* Mice are capable of climbing straight up rough surfaces such as concrete, brick and tree bark
  - reproduction at an early age and breed continuously, regardless of season
  - carriers of diseases and germs
  - comfortable within many habitats
  - coprophagic rodents
  - easy to care for
* Mice are excellent climbers and can scale almost any wall having a rough surface
  - models for cancer research
  - swimmers and can remain under water for several minutes
* Mice are extremely active animals with natural tendencies to explore their environment
  - sensitive to draughts
  - fertile animals because female mice come into heat every four to five days
  - fun toys for cats because they run around and are fun to try to catch
* Mice are generally afraid of rats, which often kill and eat mice, a behavior known as muricide
  - less susceptible to anticoagulant baits than are rats
  - genetically very similar to humans
  - gray in color and weigh about of an ounce
  - hairless and can accept grafts from other species
  - hardy creatures that are found in nearly every country and type of terrain
  - household pests, and field mice do enormous damage to growing crops
  - important because they are the classic experimental lab animals
* Mice are known as animals
  - prey
  - to be one of the most successful mammals in the world
  - like cockroaches with fur
  - littermates
  - more susceptible and less likely to survive if they become seriously ill
* Mice are most active at night, so try when everyone else has gone to sleep
  - in between the dusk and dawn hours
  - mostly active at the evining
  - much like humans in how their bodies and minds work
* Mice are much more commonly infested than are rats
  - efficient at getting rid of cholesterol than humans are
  - natural swimmers but they prefer to be on land or a solid surface
  - nibblers and eat only small amounts of food at any one time or place
* Mice are nocturnal and very social
  - in habit
* Mice are nocturnal, meaning they like to sleep during the day
  - with their peak activity at dusk or before dawn
  - notorious for scampering in without being seen
* Mice are often a good model for humans since they share so many corresponding genes
  - problem during winters, especially when plants are mulched
  - shy, and hamsters tend to be nippy
  - omnivorous and in the field survive mainly on grass seeds, cereal and legume grains
  - only active nocturnally
  - polygamous, which means that male mice often mate with several different females
  - probably the smallest member of the rodent order
  - ready in days, cats and dogs in weeks, lions and wolves in months
  - refractory to parenteral exposure
  - reported to hate the smell of peppermint oil
* Mice are rodents , therefore they are related to squirrels , rats , and beavers
  - whose teeth never stop growing throughout their lifetime
  - short-lived but take up very little space
  - small, they grow fast and reproduce quickly
  - social animals , preferring to live in groups
  - studied extensively, therefore much more is known about their genes than human genes
  - susceptible to tumors and they are common in middle aged and older mice
* Mice are the most numerous mammals in the world
  - used models for human disease
  - widely used experimental animal
  - natural hosts
  - only natural host of the virus
  - traditional test animals in cancer research
  - tiny, hairy, mammals, big eyes, big ears, long tails, and pointed noses
  - used to living in sewers and in piles of the most odorous refuse known to man
  - valuable research animals that are genetically much more complicated than flies
* Mice are very destructive to apple trees
  - low to the floor
  - nimble animals and can run very fast
  - voracious feeders and consume proportionately more food per day than rats
  - avoid predators
* Mice become destructive pests
  - entangled in the glue when they run over the boards, soon dying of suffocation
  - sexually mature in just a couple months and produce about eight litters in one year
  - breathe very fast - they live short lives
  - breed continually, regardless of season and climate
* Mice build nests of soft materials such as grass, paper, or cloth in hidden secluded areas
  - their nests there, and a mouse nest is always dry
  - burrow into walls, insulation, attics, crawlspaces and even upholstered furniture
* Mice can also be the host for fleas, which can carry and transmit bubonic plague
  - damage stems
  - be the most frustrating animal on earth
  - become obese through genetic manipulation
* Mice can become quite social if socialized correctly
  - tame if handled regularly but are small, fast, and can be skittish
  - breed at any time if food is available
* Mice can carry and spread some bird diseases without being affected themselves
  - diseases that can be passed on to the birds
  - contaminate surfaces and food sources within homes
  - crawl through dime-sized spaces, so seal or screen even the tiniest openings
  - destroy boxes of comb in short order
  - devastate a hive
  - die if they are deprived of water for even short periods of time
  - dig seeds out of the ground
* Mice can eat a variety of food, often tailoring their diets to their family group areas
  - almost anything
  - through cardboard, certain plastics, and other forms of containers to get at food
* Mice can enter buildings through openings no larger than the size of a dime
  - the home through very small openings
  - through dime size openings
  - feel temperature changes and alterations in ground terrain through their whiskers
  - find their way into incredibly small spaces
  - flatten their body to the thickness of a coin
  - get by with little or no free water, although they readily drink when it is available
  - have a new litter of babies every three weeks
  - live in a freezer, below freezing all of their lives, feeding on nothing but frozen foods
  - mimic changes in humans
  - move very fast
  - represent the little irritations in life
  - run up almost any roughened surface
  - sense the presence of a cat and decide to move elsewhere
  - spread some bird diseases without being infected themselves
  - squeeze through openings slightly larger than inch in diameter
  - successfully build a nest even in a strong colony
* Mice can survive in small areas with limited amounts of food and shelter
  - very small areas with limited amounts of food and shelter
* Mice carry alleles
  - chromosomes
  - parasites
* Mice cause damage
  - structural damage
* Mice chew holes
  - come in a wide variety of colors and sizes
* Mice come in all colors , coat types , sizes , varieties , and styles
  - shapes and sizes
  - sizes ranging form pinky, fuzzys, adult mice, young rats and then full grown rats
  - to any water source
  - with one, two or three pushbuttons
  - consume food
  - contain pheromone
* Mice create holes
  - round holes
  - defecate wherever they travel but mostly where they feed
  - demonstrate deficiencies
* Mice depend on diets
  - destroy grain
* Mice develop all the types of cancer that humans develop
  - colon cancer
  - normally without tenascin
  - tumors at lower exposures to butadiene than rats
  - die in airtight space because air saturates with phlogiston
* Mice display abnormal behavior
  - consistent behavior
* Mice do a lot of damage, by chewing the bark off the stem of the plants
  - exist in Alaska but are rare outside of cities and towns
  - drink water
* Mice eat a variety of foods and they especially like seeds, grains and nuts
  - foods, including fruits and vegetables
* Mice eat grains , fruits , and seeds for a regular diet, which is the main reason they damage crops
  - and fruits for a regular diet, which is the main reason wild mice damage crops
  - grasshoppers
  - lemmings
* Mice eat seeds, mushrooms, fungi, berries, herbs, insects, larvae, and carrion
  - plants and insects, though they are often considered herbivores
  - slugs
* Mice eat the bark of the trunk and roots both above and below ground level
  - grass, snakes eat the mice, and hawks eat the snakes
  - weeds , seeds , berries , and more
  - employ a variety of methods of transportation
* Mice enter buildings
  - kitchens
  - structures
  - exhibit anxiety
  - explore environments
* Mice expressing mutant cardiac myosin heavy chains are a model for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  - myosin are a model for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  - fear the very smell of cats
* Mice feed as nibblers
  - cholesterol diets
  - in fields
  - normal diets
* Mice feed on a wide variety of foods but prefer seeds and cereal grains
  - fat diets
  - seeds, seeds, and more seeds, and in the fall, store large quantities
  - follow burrows
  - form the reactive intermediates ten times faster than rats and man
* Mice frequently attack cereal crops when the seeds are at the 'milky' stage
  - develop tumors representing a wide variety of tissue types
  - gain weight
* Mice generally give birth at night also
  - live on a herbivore diet, but are actually omnivores
  - survive for approximately one year
  - get sexually mature by eight weeks
* Mice give birth to animals
  - offspring
* Mice go to fields
  - up and down and side to side
* Mice grow adult teeth
* Mice harbor bacteria
  - microbes
* Mice has-part ears
  - feet
  - flesh
  - glands
  - guts
  - hearts
  - organs
  - toes
* Mice hate cats
* Mice have a way of dying
  - well-developed anatomy
* Mice have an abnormal attraction to sled airboxes
  - average life span of one year
  - extremely well developed sense of touch
  - balls that can be removed for cleaning
  - bellies
  - body weight
  - coats
* Mice have dark coats
  - excretion
  - forelimbs
* Mice have four leg-foot assemblies and one tail assembly per body
  - legs, four feet and one tail per unit-mouse
  - gut bacteria
  - healthy livers
* Mice have keen senses of hearing, smell, taste, and touch
  - taste, hearing, smell, and touch
  - large eyes relative to size and elephants small ones
  - leave lungs
* Mice have long tails that extend nearly half their body length, whereas voles have short tails
  - telomeres that are resilient to cell division, unlike human telomeres
  - mothers
  - no natural resistance to rattlesnake bites
* Mice have normal bacteria
* Mice have one set of teeth that grow and erupt continuously throughout life
  - their entire life
  - protein
  - renal excretion
  - single leave lungs
  - smaller heads and larger ears and eyes relative to the head compared with rats
  - the same systems as humans, all the same little organs, plus a couple more
  - thymus organs
  - tiny, delicate prints
  - to eat also
  - tracheae
  - unusual names
  - very poor eyesite
  - voracious appetites
  - white bellies
* Mice hide in burrows
* Mice includes brains
  - breasts
  - chests
  - plasma membranes
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* Mice infect prey
  - with bacteria
* Mice inhabit areas
  - crop fields
  - regions
  - rocky areas
  - introduce more problems since their urine has a very strong odor
* Mice invade environments
  - is synonymous with mouses
  - kill bugs
  - lack protein to bind key stress hormone
* Mice lacking P-selectin develop normally
  - both presenilin genes exhibit early embryonic patterning defects
  - brain-derived neurotrophic factor develop with sensory deficits
  - dystroglycan die as embryos and exhibit gross developmental abnormalities
  - elastin die shortly after birth of arterial obliteration
  - extracellular superoxide dismutase are more sensitive to hyperoxia
  - ghrelin receptors resist the development of diet-induced obesity
  - glial fibrillary acidic protein are hypersensitive to traumatic cerebrospinal injury
  - myeloperoxidase are more susceptible to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
  - neutrophil elastase reveal impaired host defense against gram negative pathogens
  - ob gene are obese
* Mice lacking the gene develop no neuroendocrine cells in the respiratory tract
  - severe brain abnormalities
  - mahogany gene eat more and exercise more than normal mice
* Mice lacking the myotonic dystrophy kinase develop a late onset myopathy
  - protein kinase develop a late onset progressive myopathy
  - newly discovered mahogany gene eat more and exercise more than normal mice
* Mice leave droppings the size and shape of rice grains
  - small tracks in pairs side by side
* Mice like to chew through things like that and hide inside
  - up the parachute for nesting material and can do severe damage in minutes
  - have something to make a nest in
  - live approximately one year
* Mice live in communal settings where coupling, birthing and every other part of life is in the open
  - woods, fields, and buildings
  - outdoors all the time
  - successfully outside or inside buildings, in grass, trash or small holes in the soil
  - up to years
  - living alone tend to be more aggressive
* Mice love to eat grass seed
  - nest in open pipes or airboxes
* Mice make antibodies
* Mice make nests in clothes, and insects lay eggs in grain
  - lined with the softest materials they can find
  - out of shredded paper, cardboard or other fibrous materials
  - sperm
  - mate incredibly often
  - missing the gene have significantly more blood vessels throughout their bodies
  - occupy small areas
* Mice often invade homes or sheds in the fall
  - live in very close association with dogs and cats
  - only appear where there food source
  - periodically have more offspring than what their local food supply can feed
  - pick up viruses
* Mice possess antigen
  - sensors
* Mice prefer grain
  - seeds or cereals
  - the cover of tail grass, shrubs and leaf litter
  - prey upon pollen, honey, and bees during the winter
* Mice produce a great number of young, but have a high mortality rate
  - concentrate urine
  - produced in the TMCL are specific pathogen free animals
* Mice reach adulthood much faster than pets like dogs and cats
  - sexual maturity at two to three months of age
  - react to cramped quarters in a similar way
* Mice receive food
  - relate to organisms
  - rely on pheromone
  - reproduce readily and plentifully
* Mice require food
* Mice resemble mice
  - return to fields
  - seek food
* Mice seem to be moving their whiskers most of the time
  - the preferred item in their diet
  - prefer the larger female pupae to smaller male pupae
  - serve as prey
* Mice share characteristics
  - reproductive characteristics
  - several characteristics
  - similar habitats
  - shed hair
* Mice show characteristics
  - glucose metabolism
  - improve glucose metabolism
  - physiological responses
  - preference
  - several physiological responses
  - strong preference
  - sometimes burrow underground to eat the tubers, especially in winter
  - spread viruses
  - stand on legs
* Mice survive environments
  - the elements by creating nests within chosen home territories
  - swallow food
  - take food
* Mice tend to adapt to being surrogate dams quite easily
  - find strength in numbers
  - follow walls so set traps so the trigger is in their path
* Mice tend to live for approximately one year
  - in unused pianos
  - transmit parasites
  - typically make a burrow underground if they live out in the wild
* Mice use in experiments
  - smell to identify other animals as well as to find food
  - techniques
  - the cotton for nesting material
* Mice use their forepaws to spread secretions from oil glands near their eyes
  - sharp pointy teeth to eat through materials
* Mice usually are active at night both right after dark and between midnight and dawn
  - bring a host of predators wherever they travel
  - eat smaller feedings through a a couple of days
  - visit fields
  - void only a drop or two of urine at a time
  - weigh ounces
* More mice ride on litters, some on the brims of the wider litters.
* Most mice are active at night.
* Most mice are known as animals
  - what are called opto-mechanical mice
* Most mice become destructive pests
  - build nests in protected nooks, but some burrow into the ground
* Most mice carry alleles
  - cause structural damage
  - communicate with a computer through a cord attached to a port on the back of the computer
  - compensate by using other senses such as smell and touch
* Most mice create holes
* Most mice depend on diets
* Most mice develop antibodies
* Most mice display abnormal behavior
* Most mice eat cheese
* Most mice enter burrows
* Most mice feed cholesterol diets
* Most mice feed on cereal grain
* Most mice give birth to animals
* Most mice grow adult teeth
* Most mice harbor bacteria
* Most mice has-part ears
* Most mice have a ball that rolls along the desk surface
  - pointed snout with long whiskers, round ears, and thin tails
  - small cover that protects the ball hidden in the housing
  - track ball
* Most mice have dark coats
  - fur with naked feet and pointed noses
* Most mice have normal bacteria
* Most mice hide in burrows
* Most mice inhabit crop fields
* Most mice invade environments
* Most mice live in environments
* Most mice make antibodies
* Most mice possess antigen
* Most mice produce concentrate urine
  - receive milk
* Most mice require food
* Most mice resemble mice
* Most mice share reproductive characteristics
* Most mice show glucose metabolism
* Some mice also tolerate gentle petting.
* Some mice are also immune to large amounts of the poison
  - classified as herbivores
* Some mice are located on farms
  - attract animals
  - become scavengers
* Some mice carry bacteria
  - mutation
  - null mutation
  - parasitic load
  - cause illnesses
* Some mice destroy crops
* Some mice develop infection
  - it spontaneously
  - metabolic syndromes
  - notochords
  - persistent infection
  - die from tumors
  - dig burrows
* Some mice eat bugs
  - caterpillars
  - insect larvae
  - leaves
  - mealworms
  - seedlings
* Some mice exhibit diseases
  - inflammation
  - renal diseases
* Some mice exhibit severe inflammation
  - join inflammation
* Some mice feed on bait
  - lichens
  - potato
* Some mice have adult body length
  - average litters with average size babies too
  - dark color
  - expression
* Some mice have grow prostate tumors
  - halves
  - lung cancer
  - measurable tumors
  - symptoms
  - tails that are as long as their bodies
* Some mice hide in buildings
  - forests
  - wheel rims
* Some mice infect livestock
* Some mice infect with cancer
* Some mice invade burrows
* Some mice lack oxytocin receptors
  - physiological receptors
  - snouts
  - live along banks
* Some mice live in England
  - barns
  - cheese factories
  - communities
  - countries
  - establishments
  - houses
  - prairie
  - tundra
* Some mice live on coasts
  - gulf coasts
  - look exactly the same from the time they become pregnant to the time they deliver
  - pick up organisms
* Some mice play in rooms
* Some mice possess antibodies
  - genotype
  - ovaries
  - proteins
* Some mice prefer diets
* Some mice provide food
* Some mice reach maturity
* Some mice receive antibodies
  - geranium oil
* Some mice require diets
* Some mice resemble animals
  - seize prey
* Some mice serve as food
  - important functions
* Some mice show ability
  - acid levels
  - calcium deposition
* Some mice spread diseases
  - spores
  - stand in barns
  - threaten livestock
  - thrive in cages
* Some mice transmit diseases
  - wait for prey
  - walk on legs.
  * Mice are rodents, therefore they are related to squirrels, rats, and beavers. The words rat and mouse are sometimes used to mean the same animal, but that is not correct. Mice eat weeds, seeds, berries, and more. They are eaten by owls, foxes, and cats, amongst others
  - capable of pets
  - electrical devices
  - input devices
* are located in apartments
  - backyards
  - boxs
  - cellars
* are located in computer labs
  - stores
  - computers
  - corn fields
  - cornfields
  - countrysides
  - crawl space
  - cupboards
  - dead people
  - department stores
  - desktops
  - disney movies
  - empty buildings
  - garages
  - garbage
  - ghettos
  - grocery stores
  - internet cafes
  - living rooms
  - lofts
  - office buildings
  - offices
  - old barns
  - pantries
  - research laboratories
  - rice fields
  - schools
  - shelfs
  - shops
  - soup
  - space shuttles
  - staples
  - stew
  - terrariums
  - treadmills
  - warehouses
  - part of computers
  - small animals
  - smalls
  - used for moves
  - vermins
* ascites fluid.
* have fur
* spermatocytes in early prophase.
* strains with typical mammalian levels of complement activity.
* tests hint at protein's role in lupus.
+ Computer mouse, Uses
  * The right mouse button is used to open menus that are different depending on where the cursor is. The other mouse buttons can do different things, depending on the software. Most mice have two or three buttons to click
  - mouse: Computer hardware :: Data input
  * Many mice have two buttons and a scroll wheel
+ Monarch (butterfly), Threats, Predators: Danaus
  * Overwintering Monarchs in Mexico are often eaten by Black-headed Grosbeaks. These birds are immune to the glycoside. Other birds, such as orioles and jays, have learned to eat only the thoracic muscles and the body parts inside the abdomen. These parts have less poison than the rest of the body. Some mice are also immune to large amounts of the poison. Over time, overwintering Monarchs become less poisonous. This makes them more likely to be eaten by predators. Butterflies of the East Coast'.