Know why, to the delight of your spouse, that stubborn mouse runs the moment he sees you entering the house from office? Because even the smell of a man could elicit fear in mice and rats, a fascinating research has revealed
Toronto: Know why, to the delight of your spouse, that stubborn mouse runs the moment he sees you entering the house from office? Because even the smell of a man could elicit fear in mice and rats, a fascinating research has revealed.
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This happens because hardwiring of some animals may cause them to react differently toward men or women.
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To understand this, Jeffrey Mogil and his team from McGill University in Canada induced pain in mice and then compared facial grimacing of the mice in the presence of either a male or a female.
The mice in the presence of men showed increases in body temperature and corticosterone (stress hormone) levels.
The researchers found same results when the female wore a T-shirt previously worn by a man.
It could be that testosterone or male pheromones trigger fear in rodents, but the exact reasons remain a mystery, the study, published in the journal Nature Methods, concluded.
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