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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: paul.fr on 18/05/2007 19:50:03

Title: shrinking mice
Post by: paul.fr on 18/05/2007 19:50:03

Mice are a few inches high, so how do they "shrink" their body to get underneath the small gap at the bottom of your door?

Title: shrinking mice
Post by: another_someone on 18/05/2007 20:01:48

Flesh is very maleable.

A friend of mine who used to do potholing suggested that any gap you can get your head under, you can find a way of manipulating the rest of your body through (the head has a rigid bone casing, and very difficult to compress; but the rest of you can easily be squeezed and manipulated to quite a substantial extent).

Title: shrinking mice
Post by: Carol-A on 18/05/2007 21:53:57

Yup... any mother will tell you, once the head is out the rest is easy!