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Had 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 Mai
by polm23 6y ago
Had 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.