Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1892 — Funny tittle Mice. [ARTICLE]

Funny tittle Mice.

At a meeting of the Zoological Society, Mr. Sclater exhibited some curious black and white mice reeentlj added to the society’s collection oi living animals, says the Pall Mall Gar zette. These creatures are the product of Japanese ingenuity, and show several curious characteristics. Thelt black and white color is remarkable, since they appear to be merely a variety of the common domestic mouse. They have a habit, too, of pursuing their own tails. This habit is paralleled in a remarkable way by the “tumbler” pigeons. In the two cases it may possibly be due to a defect in brain structure. In any case, the peculiarities are handed down from parent to offspring in both animals. The mice are usually called “spinning mice.”