MadSci Network: Zoology |
You are asking a very interesting question but you might want to think carefully about the design of your experiment. Mice, like many other animals, communicate a great deal via smell, and they have very sensitive noses. Thus, mouse 2 might smell mouse 1 in the maze and sniff out his or her path. I'm not sure if this is what you mean by "tell". If they communicate by residual scent, then mouse 2 will "learn" the maze even if the mice are kept separated. An excellent web sites for all things mousey is The Whole Mouse Catalog, http://www.rodentia.com/wmc/ Although this site is primarily organized as a resource for researchers, there are many links that should be of interest for you and your project. Have fun, and good luck with your project.
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