Apartment Therapy Unplugged | Final Frame: Real and Manufatured Mice Make a Connection

Final Frame: Real and Manufatured Mice Make a Connection

As the "Golden Age of Mice" is ushered in by the ever increasing intelligence of lab rodents, a special empathy is felt between our biological "test pals" and our electronic interfacers. Many of these relationships have blossomed into full blown romances and the emerging legal issues surrounding interspecial marriages have many politicians taking opposing sides. We say: let them do as they will.

[photo via www.coool-stuff.com]

Comments (6)

That's a gerbil, not a mouse.

posted by illegal danish on August 16th 2008 at 5:16am
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I vote hamster, not gerbil.

posted by vjm on August 16th 2008 at 9:42am
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Still looks like a mouse under it though. Cute little guy though.

posted by ekoshyun on August 16th 2008 at 10:03am
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It's a Campbells Dwarf Russian Hamster as at http://www.hamsterific.com/RussianHamster.cfm

posted by arochester on August 18th 2008 at 5:19am
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I hope the point was not lost in all the identity confusion. My apologies to the Russian Association of Hamsters and the Mickey Mouse Club.

posted by Peter_Unplggd on August 18th 2008 at 10:01am
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its a mouse! its a mouse! what the hell! its not a hamster, its not a gerbil (wtf is that anyway) ITS A MOUSE.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarg

i dont know why this is making me so crazy, it just is.

posted by mia kepia on August 19th 2008 at 11:20am
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