Article 678K Squeaky serenade: male mice woo females with song, scientists discover

Squeaky serenade: male mice woo females with song, scientists discover

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Hannah Devlin, science correspondent
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Study reveals that high-pitched 'singing' varies according to to social context, placing mice in an elite group of animal vocalisers


They may stop short of singing The Bells of Saint Mary's, as demonstrated by the mouse organ in Monty Python, but scientists have discovered that male mice woo females with ultrasonic songs.

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