Channel: CreekValleyCritters

Category: Pets & Animals

Tags: baby mousecreekvalleycrittersmicepet mousecutemousedomesticated micebabypet micepetknoxbaby miceadorable

Description: Winter and Knox caring for their little ones, being parents is the greatest joy for a mouse. If you look carefully, you will see a clip of Winter 0:17 and then of Knox 'eye-boggling' 3:26 , a behavior that expresses supreme happiness and contentment, something they do when the feeling of love just overwhelms them. Mice are such an interesting animal to study and film since in many ways they are an ancestral animal, very similar to the ancient mammal that all the rest of us are descended from. You can see so many core behaviors in them, that are also present or modified to greater sophistication in other mammals, including us humans. Love is an ancient emotion, evolving because without it, social interactions, social bonding and caring for young is not possible. We humans hold this emotion in highest regard, often liking to think that only we are capable of it. It is just more complex in us, but still very real in even the most tiny and insignificant of mammals, the domesticated mouse. Notes: - we are going back two years in time with this video, I still have so much beautiful video to edit from Rachel's science fair project..... - this little cabin was just for the film shoot, the rest of the time they were in their regular home with a nest box full of soft, warm tissue paper and plenty of food and water, just in case someone out there is worrying about their care. Most of my mice really seem to enjoy film shoots in miniature sets, they really get into it :) - Knox is not the biological father of the babies since he was neutered by a vet. He is their grandfather though and watched them get born, so he thought he was the father and acted like one, he was so good with babies. Music by Peter Kater and Snatam Kaur (Heart of the Universe)