After 4 days of scanning, Aimee was ready to see if our mice are stable in the traits we’re interested in: stereotypic behaviour and “still but awake” (where mice just stand still, doing nothing; it’s weirder than it sounds).
Yes! — the % visible scans in each behaviour on Days 1 plus 3 covaried beautifully with the equivalent values for Days 2 plus 4 (odd/even day comparisons we always do as a data quality check).
So, let her first real experiment begin!
Maria and Elena, at the top of St. Paul’s!
Nice article based on a new paper, with thanks to Jamie for this find.
The ever-active BC SPCA and highly effective advocacy group Mercy for Animals have stumbled across some real nastiness in the Fraser Valley (though I should admit I couldn’t watch the video after reading the description).
Misha finished creating his super-enriched hen pens this weekend, and it turned out Mr Black very much liked their fresh grass too.
