Waltzing Mouse For London Zoo
[British Official Wireless.! (Received 2.30 p.m.) RUGBY, November 28.
The latest addition to the London Zoo is a waltzing mouse. The strain is lare in Britain, as they have to be selectively bred and are delicate. Waltzing mice have a habit of interrupting whatever they are doing several times daily to spin round for many seconds on end. This condition is stated to be due to some unknown defect in their anatomy.
It has been found to be inherited, according to mendelian laws, as a recessive character, and it Is as a zoological curiosity illustrative of mendelian principles that the specimen has been accepted by the zoo authorities.
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Northern Advocate, 30 November 1937, Page 6
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