Koe Loe Kai (heerlijk als je een vrije zondag hebt om je in de keuken te kunnen uitleven!).
Dutch scientists have left a hamster wheel in the wild for 4 years in 2014 and the results are wild! Mice, rats and even slugs take a round in the wheel, purely voluntary, apparently just for fun.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2014.0210
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 ...