MadSci Network: Zoology |
I am a freshman at Bettendorf High School in Bettendorf, Iowa. I am working on a project for my biology class and I was hoping to tell you about what I am planning to do and to find out if you had any ideas that I would find helpful. I also need to know if this project is going to work out, or if it is in some way flawed. My project is a study of territoriality in mice. I would like to get four domesticated mice from a pet store and three cages. In one cage I will put two mice which will be my control group, and the other two will be separated. After some period of time I will put the two mice that had been separated into one cage and observe their behavior. I also thought it would be a good idea to put one of the quarantined mice in a cage with one of those that had been kept separate and again observe their behavior. If you could give me any feedback on the subject I would greatly appreciate it.
Re: How should the territoriality of mice best be tested?
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