CabJan 6, 2023
Scientists left a hamster wheel in the woods, and wild mice, frogs even slugs had a wild time running in it. #Science #Mice #Rodents #Hamster https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2014.0210
Wheel running in the wild | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

The importance of exercise for health and neurogenesis is becoming increasingly clear. Wheel running is often used in the laboratory for triggering enhanced activity levels, despite the common objection that this behaviour is an artefact of captivity and ...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Show threadTim JJan 8, 2023
@cabd I felt the slug version was a bit sedate to be called running, even though it looked as if it might be enjoying itself . . . Positively sluggish in fact.
Show threadCab
@timtfj Watching the videos in the supplemental information, it seems to be the frog who struggles most. Hopping mad, from the look of him.
Jan 8, 2023 at 10:35amWeb
Show threadTim JJan 8, 2023
@cabd Designing a running wheel just for mammals isn't very inclusive, is it? Nobody ever consults the amphibians . . .
Show threadCabJan 8, 2023
@timtfj It's toadally unpredictable that they'd want to use it. I mean, who'd newt?