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
@cabd "..note that birds visited the recording equipment occasionally, but never ran in wheels."