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Mice like cheese
TRUE or
FALSE?

Cheese is the food of choice for cartoon mice,
but not for real rodents. While a hungry mouse
will devour virtually anything, a choosy

mouse opts for fruit, grain, and seeds.

Mice are eager
snackers, nibbling
RATTY REUNION on different foods
up to 20 times a day.

Whiskers help
mice navigate
through small spaces
and investigate their
surroundings.

Contrary to popular belief, rats are
sociable and affectionate creatures.
A study in 2011 found that rats show
empathy, going out of their way to
help one another. When one rat was
locked up, the other worked hard to
free him. Each rat chose to release
its companion even when food
was offered as an alternative.

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