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Responses To Snake Odors By Laboratory Mice, Paul Weldon, Frances M. Divita, George Middendorf
Responses To Snake Odors By Laboratory Mice, Paul Weldon, Frances M. Divita, George Middendorf
George Middendorf
Male and female laboratory mice (; Harlan Sprague Dawley) were tested for reactions to snake odors. In the first experiment, mice were presented with untreated paper on the floor of one side of a test tank and snake-scented or control (water misted) paper on the other side. The scented papers were obtained from rough earth snakes (), which were fed earthworms, and a rat snake (), which ate mice. Male mice exhibited no differences in response to the three conditions. Female mice showed no response to the control or earth snake odor, but they deposited significantly more fecal boli on …