Japanese scientists create mice with no fear of cats

[gerard62001]

Remove Garfield and bring Heathcliff now.

[returnoftheramble]

what a waste. Is this supposed to be like a humane death? That mouse is going to have a hard time learning new things. I can't feel fear either, and it makes it harder to learn because my mind can't associate complex tasks. I have schizophrenia or something.  They call it schizophrenia.

[EendjeKwak]

Looks like they damaged the amygdala in the brain of the mouse.

[jdewolf31]

Think of all the money that went in this useless experiment.

[BombShellInfo]

The headline should be Japanese scientist create a cat that has no killer instinct to kill mice. Creepy!

[toddwills]

This research is irresponsible and dangerous!

[racehorse87]

What is the point of this?

[Fuzah17]

lolzz those scianetist dont need to those genes changes to the mice, coz big rats already can scared the damn hell out of cats since they're as big as the cats.

[southstar999]

something funny about this video 0.03

[furtherbeyond]

I miss the point of the whole experiment. Picture removing fear of a lion from an antelope for instance. This is going to be detrimental to the unsuspecting antelope to say the least and in the long term it would create an ecological imbalance with a reduction in antelope population and some really fat lions which would need to start hunting for zebras...Just saying....

[askjiir]

Why doesn't the cat attack ?

[Timmy4pawz]

@askjiir Because when the mouse panics it emits a smell which the cats smell which entises them, without that the cat doesn't care about the mouse

[TehPenar]

that's cool

[sivartniknar]

why

[hayleyart24]

its not the mouse fearing the cat that's the problem its the cat who then kills the mouse. the cat has not lost its innate instinct to prey

[antega]

what a stupid experiment..." we hope we can make animals no longer fear what kills and eats them"......uhh, isnt that fear suppose to save there lives??

[TehPenar]

@antega

i don't really think you understand anything about experiments or science in general

[Timmy4pawz]

@antega It's actually about how they can use this on humans to remove fears

[ascartec]

@antega I think that's a good experiment. And that's a good question. I've wondered about that myself. Here's the thing, I think preadators react to fear and that may be one of the main drives behind preadetory behavior. The one thing ALL living things hate is when something smaller/weaker, stands its ground. Look at the honey badger, he don't give a shit! He's small enough to punt, but the bastard's fearless, he doesn't back down or run so no one wants to fuck with him. I say take fear away.

[AvidPsychonaut]

Umm a mouse and cat together in a laboratory condition...the mouse had nothing to fear anyway...no go catch some stray cats,put them in a cage,and then drop the mouse in...

[nekodix]

falta ke le quiten el miedo de un elefante hacia los ratones

[teleostomi]

Wow this video and the uploader's comment teach me great info. That tells me that even a blind mouse will flee from cats from just the smell of cats.

[MrFibes]

the mouse hadnt any reason to fear that cat anyway so the scientists really wasted time here

[dahwang12]

hmmm... I saw a video here showing pet rat chasing cat around in "affectionate" manner and both seemed to get along. But I guess rats and mouse are different like that.

[ExactLeigh]

wow that mouse is so lucky that kitty is laud back lol

[sleeknmax]

thats the cutest thing!!