“How many individuals could a rodent city hold without losing its collective mind?”
“Incel” and other current phenomenon makes me think of the research study that inspired The Rats of NIMHhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-doomed-mouse-utopia-that-inspired-the-rats-of-nimh …
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“ Families became dynasties, carving out and holding down the best in-cage real estate. “
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“As new generations reached adulthood, many couldn’t find mates, or places in the social order—the mouse equivalent of a spouse and a job. “
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“Washed-up males gathered in the center of the Universe, near the food, where they fretted, languished, and attacked each other. “
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“the mice who forgot how to mate were “the beautiful ones”’ rats who crowded around water bottles were “social drinkers”; the overall societal breakdown was the “behavioral sink.” “
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