Tuesday 21 January 2020

African Spiny Mouse



Well here we are at another Tuesday afternoon, it is stinking bloody hot again, so this weeks creature is the African Spiny Mouse they are found in Africa of course and being a mouse they are small only 8cm long and 18grams weight.

These small creatures are remarkable because they can completely regenerate themselves if damage so imagine the shock another creature which see it as food when it grabs the mouses back and its skin comes right off in one big piece allowing the mouse to get away.

Now you would think that would hurt but it doesn't seem to, in fact the skin has a built in system that lets the skin tear off easily. It only takes a short while for the wound to shrink to one-twentieth the size and new skin, fur and spiny spikes grow over in just days.
Also as an extra way to stay safe is if they are grabbed by the tail if it is pulled hard it will just come off. I do not think it regrows though.

They are not great pets.




9 comments:

  1. Okay that is amazing and gross at the same time - I have never heard of them!

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  2. Interesting facts but also gross. Have a happy day!

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  3. Now that is a weird talent! I have never heard of this mouse. Wow!

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  4. I wonder why we haven't heard of this species by now. Don't tell Scientists/. .they'll decimate the whole of them to see how they regenerate!

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  5. Last thing I need is a pet whose tail comes off...

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  6. I'll take your stinkin' bloody hot. I almost turned blue putting my groceries in the car, that's how cold it is here.

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  7. Sandie.......I agree

    Margaret.....Oh yeah

    Nancy.....Yes indeed

    Rita......Yeah that's for sure and me either

    Katie......Oh yeah that they will do

    Chris.......Same here

    Karen.......Ccan't imagine it being that cold

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