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Japanese Waltzing Mouse (2014)
- polm23 6y agoHad never heard of this before but saw it as a throwaway reference in an old story. In Japan they are apparently known as Komanezumi (spinning top mouse) or Mainezumi (dancing mouse) and said to come from China. https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E7%8B%AC%E6%A5%BD%E9%BC%A0/ https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E7%8B%AC%E6%A5%BD%E9%BC%A... https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E8%88%9E%E9%BC%A0/ https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E8%88%9E%E9%BC%A0/
- Danieru 6y agoHey Paul, nice to see on you HN. How likely do you think it is that China is the origin of the mice? Doubly so these mice being brought over during the closed country policy of Japan era.
- polm23 6y agoOh, hey Dan! The mice seem to have become popular around 1890, so that was after Japan had opened up. No idea if the mice actually came from Japan or China though, haven't been able to find much of anything about them that isn't in the linked article.
- bitwize 6y agoI remember a genetics exercise in high school biology that involved "running mice" and "waltzing mice" with a recessive gene selecting for the "waltzing" trait. Also, William H. Gates?! Billg's granddaddy?
- loser777 6y agoUnfortunately it might be a case of (no relation, just coincidence) since the article is marked as communicated in 1925 (from a LSU affiliation) while William H Gates II was born in Washington in 1925 according to his wiki page. There are further publications from "WH Gates" an LSU affiliation going into the 1930s.
- polm23 6y agoWHG II is Gates's father, so his grandfather would have the same name, and the date would be fine. I can't find much info on WHG I, but it seems like maybe he was a banker, which would make it surprising if he was writing about mice.