Waltzing Mice.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue III, 21 July 1900, Page 120

Waltzing Mice.

The .lajianese have a queer little domestic animal—a black ami white mouse with pink eyes. The peculiarity of this breed of mice is that when other baby mice are just Iwgilining* to

v. alk. these are beginning to waltz: and they keep up their waltzing the great er part of their waking hours all their life. If several mice are put together they often waltz in couples: sometimes even more than two join in the

mad whirls, which are so rapid that it is impossible to tell heads from tails. If the floor of their cage is not smooth they actually wear out their feet, leaving only stumps to whirl on. These remarkable whirls seem to be as necessary to the waltzing mouse as mid-air somersaults to the tumbling pigeon.

An upright peg forms a convenient pivot for these Japanese pets; “bui even without this guide.” says “Natural Science.” “they would not in several minutes cover an area larger than a dinner plate, and they easily spin under a tumbler.”