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Scientists breed a mouse that sings like a bird - by accident

Scientists claim to have bred a mouse that ‘sings’ like a bird - and no, this isn't something out of a Disney movie.

They said the genetically tweaked rodent can ‘tweet’, although it appears the creature was created more by accident than design. And they are now hoping to one day breed a real-life Mickey Mouse – one that can talk.

Arikuni Uchimura, lead researcher at the University of Osaka in Japan, said: ‘Mutations are the driving force of evolution. We have cross-bred the genetically modified mice for generations to see what would happen.

‘We checked the newborn mice one by one, and one day we found a mouse that was singing like a bird. I was surprised, because I had been expecting mice that are different in physical shape.’

While the first tweeting mouse was a surprise, the researchers now have more than 100 that can sing.

Dr Uchimura added: ‘I’m doing this with hopes of making a Mickey Mouse some day.’

We've comprised our own list of top top singing mouse hits:

Careless Whisker; Simply The Pest; Mice, Mice Baby; The Long And Winding Rodent; Rat’s The Way (I Like It); Eight Days A Squeak; Our Mouse (In The Middle Of Our Tweet); Cheese Always A Woman To Me; Tulips From Hamsterdam and Knocking On Heaven’s Dormouse.

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Am going to see how much of today I can get through with out taking my headphones off. 36 minutes so far. Just need the phone not to ring and no-one to try to speak to me.
 
Goddammittohell, I just had to phone someone about an important thing. I kept one earphone in whilst I made the call though.
 
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