WALTZING MICE
LONDON’S ZOOLOGICAL CURIOSITY British Official wireless (Received November 28, 6.30 p.m. RUGBY, November 27. The latest addition to the London Zoo is a waltzing mouse. The strain is rare in Britain as they have to be selectively bred, and are delicate. Waltzing mice have a habit of interrupting whatevei 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 that has been found to be inherited, according to Mendelian laws, as a recessive c v aracter, 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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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20897, 29 November 1937, Page 9
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117WALTZING MICE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20897, 29 November 1937, Page 9
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