Japanese scientists create mice with no fear of cats* Justin McCurry in Tokyo* Guardian Unlimited,* Wednesday December 12 2007* Article historyTom and Jerry just wouldn't have been the same if it had featured one of Ko Kobayakawa's mice.The Tokyo University professor has just unveiled mutant mice that have lost their innate fear of cats.Rather than flee or freeze when confronted with their feline enemy, the mice sniffed and even played with them, blissfully unaware of the potential dangers.Kobayakawa developed the fearless mice by shutting down receptors in their olfactory bulb - the area of the brain that processes information about smells - which would normally induce panic as soon as they get so much as a whiff of a cat.Comment too long. Clickhereto view the full text.
They should make a race of humans with no fear of grizzly bears
>>254052There's a good reason a race of such beings does not currently exist. If you can figure out what it is, you get a cookie.
Don't cats have a natural way to cause the exact same results via toxoplasmosis transmition?
>>254311It's because scientists are pussies