Advent Sci-Fact 14:
Mice sing in Call-and-Response!
Female Alston’s Singing Mice sing more in response to male songs. Female songs are shorter and less frequent than male songs. This may play a role in courtship or help mice to identify each other!
Paper: https://tinyurl.com/2a7cncsg
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Mice sing in Call-and-Response!
Female Alston’s Singing Mice sing more in response to male songs. Female songs are shorter and less frequent than male songs. This may play a role in courtship or help mice to identify each other!
Paper: https://tinyurl.com/2a7cncsg
#SciComm 🌍🧪 #SciArt
Comments
Today's fact is taken from: "Females counter-sing, but response to male song differs by sex in Alston's Singing Mouse"
By Joel A. Tripp and @evolbrain.bsky.social
In: Biology Letters 2023.
Simplified for clarity.