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Several mice currently on the International space station in order to experiment, surprised the ISS crew with unusual behavior.
Rodents, whose life in zero gravity are being watched by astronauts, came up with an amusing entertainment. The animals began to fly circle inside his cell, pushing his paws off the walls. Turning on video recorded below on board by webcam orbital station, you can see this bizarre action yourself.
The mice learned this in just about a week, great adapting to the conditions of lack of gravity. However, a similar collective activity is demonstrated only by young individuals, the elderly while rodents behave much more passively or restrained if definition you like more.
Note that during their stay on the ISS, everyone without exception mice approximately 20 percent atrophied muscles and the skin was slightly thinned. It’s likely that in this way young the mice intuitively or consciously perform physical exercises, so as not to allow yourself to wither beyond the borders of the home planet. They are still want to return to their homeland, but as for the elderly individuals …
However, this is only speculation, but in fact the behavior of mice is not just surprised, and even delighted the astronauts: the ISS crew is sure that rodents show them the real will to win and the irresistible desire for life in any conditions …
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