These are some photos of the rodents that have graced our lab within the last two or three days. Naturally, they are all adorable and make you instinctively want to take them home with you.
Exhibit A:
These are a group of 6 baby dormice that were found in the field. Their mother had died and they were scuttling around on their lonesome. They are currently in the care of an individual from another lab.
One of the little ones up close. 
Exhibit B:
This little critter was brought in with a group of gerbils (see below). It's a Mus minutoides or African pygmy mouse. You'll never guess why they chose that name...
In case you are struggling to see where the mouse is, here's an enlarged section of the above picture. To give you an idea of scale, that blue pipe in the back is approximately 5.5cm in diameter...
Exhibit C:
Gerbils...Some people think they are cute. I'm not a fan, but they did arrive recently so I have to include them.
Exhibit D:Last but certainly not least, Rhabdomys babies! Leia's latest catch produced offspring over the last two weeks so now we have little striped mice! They are adorable!
9 comments:
I like the dormice best. They so adorable!
Dude, I had a Woodland Dormouse as a pet when I lived in the bush...Sebastian was his name...little dude went nuts just after the sun went down. Tried to calm him down with drops of whiskey but then one day he took-off and never said cheers! He even left a little crap on the window sill as a thank you for my hospitality!
Aw.....
They are very cute! What do you use them for in the lab?
i can see you don't like gerbils.
They aren't in fancy bright tanks with neon coloured pipe toys and such.
...just metal bars and dog food.
Sies!
Frik, too much of the cuteness! I love rodents. I wish my lab was like that, but Arabidopsis can look cute too, when it is all small and floppy... or not.
can we still be friends if i tell you i find them creepy?
although not as creepy as the fish in the bio lab entrance
can we still be friends if i tell you i find them creepy?
although not as creepy as the fish in the bio lab entrance
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