Comments on: Hairless Mice http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:11:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Thomas http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-725920 Thomas Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:29:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17698#comment-725920 Doesn't blend in very well, does he? Doesn't blend in very well, does he?

]]> By: bugra http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-725866 bugra Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:57:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17698#comment-725866 Weird and not a good choice for survival in the wild :) Weird and not a good choice for survival in the wild :)

]]> By: Mayor of Kentonville http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-725471 Mayor of Kentonville Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:10:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17698#comment-725471 Makes me sweaty Makes me sweaty

]]> By: JC http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-724448 JC Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:52:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17698#comment-724448 I think it´s cute. I think it´s cute.

]]> By: Daniel Kim http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-724033 Daniel Kim Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:35:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17698#comment-724033 Hairless hamster? It sounds like the other hamsters wouldn't let her play any hamster games. I used to work for a small biotech company in Berkeley, where they had a room full of caged nude mice. This breed of mice is used in biological research, particularly cancer research. They are conveniently hairless, but also are "athymic": that is, they lack a thymus, which is an immune system organ. This prevents them from rejecting foreign tissue grafts, I think. There was one of the scientists who was bald, wrinkled, and a bit portly. He looked a lot like the nude mice. Hairless hamster? It sounds like the other hamsters wouldn't let her play any hamster games.

I used to work for a small biotech company in Berkeley, where they had a room full of caged nude mice. This breed of mice is used in biological research, particularly cancer research. They are conveniently hairless, but also are "athymic": that is, they lack a thymus, which is an immune system organ. This prevents them from rejecting foreign tissue grafts, I think.

There was one of the scientists who was bald, wrinkled, and a bit portly. He looked a lot like the nude mice.

]]> By: Lea http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-723883 Lea Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:49:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17698#comment-723883 I had a hairless hamster I rescued from the pet store in my neighborhood. All the "normal" hamsters were picking on it and they had to separate her. My dad thought she was a rock at first (because of how she was curled up). Smartest and sweetest little hamster I have ever met though. :) I had a hairless hamster I rescued from the pet store in my neighborhood. All the "normal" hamsters were picking on it and they had to separate her. My dad thought she was a rock at first (because of how she was curled up).
Smartest and sweetest little hamster I have ever met though. :)

]]> By: Alana http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-722964 Alana Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:47:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17698#comment-722964 There are hairless guinea pigs too. I think they were originally bred because you can use them for dermatology research without having to hire a full time rodent shaver. There are hairless guinea pigs too. I think they were originally bred because you can use them for dermatology research without having to hire a full time rodent shaver.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-721970 Alex Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:50:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17698#comment-721970 A hairless Chinese crested dog playign with a sphynx cat playing with a hairless mouse would be awesome. Double awesome if we can get Andre Agassi to play with the dog. A hairless Chinese crested dog playign with a sphynx cat playing with a hairless mouse would be awesome. Double awesome if we can get Andre Agassi to play with the dog.

]]> By: bean http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/08/hairless-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-721799 bean Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:43:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17698#comment-721799 Is she studying baldness genes in humans, or does she just think those things are cute? Not that I would disagree... I've always thought sphinx cats are pretty. A sphinx cat playing with a bald mouse would be awesome. Is she studying baldness genes in humans, or does she just think those things are cute? Not that I would disagree... I've always thought sphinx cats are pretty. A sphinx cat playing with a bald mouse would be awesome.

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