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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: surprising flexibility in mouse brains #102184 05/02/03 01:39 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 One thoing about mice leaving scent markers. I think the ability to detect their own odor would be far less than the ability to detect odor of another mouse, because they are cvonstantly exposed to their own odor, and any stimulus weakens rapidly over time. But scent trails are very old. Ants are totally dependent on them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: surprising flexibility in mouse brains #102185 05/02/03 11:40 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Maybe we share a poltergeist. No, no, Jackie, I think you mean you have poltermice. [groan-e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: surprising flexibility in mouse brains #102186 05/02/03 12:27 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory I had a problem with ants returning to my pantry over and over again, despite repeated attacks by me with bug spray and ant traps, etc. (I found Windex to be a useful method of killing insects too.) No matter what I did they seemed to be back the next morning, en masse. I complained to my mother about it, and she informed me that the ants leave a trail of pheremones on the floor that leads them to sources of food, and that if I scrubbed the floor good and clean (a novel idea to be sure) the ants wouldn't return. It worked. Interesting about the mice though. So if you have mice problems you need to continually rearrange the furniture. (It works especially well against blind mice.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bean's mouse brains #102187 05/02/03 01:06 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... "Poltermice," says Bean. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: maps and other tools #102188 05/02/03 01:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Karl von Frisch is best known for two major discoveries about honey bees. First, he demonstrated that honey bees have color vision, and published these findings in 191*. Second, in 193* he showed that honey bees use a dance language to communicate food locations to other bees. (from Internet) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: maps and other tools #102189 05/02/03 01:56 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend OP veteran OP TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Thanks for the correction, Bill. The discovery dates quite a bit farther back than I'd thought - still not too awfully long ago. k Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter pheromones #102190 05/02/03 08:04 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA ants leave a trail of pheremones on the floor that leads them to sources of food, and that if I scrubbed the floor good and clean the ants wouldn't return as related by the good Doctor Feynman in Surely you're Joking... 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