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Grammorphone t1_j9pl6p0 wrote

And judging from the picture they choose opium over mating

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trainsintransit t1_j9plqor wrote

Link to the original publication for those interested. They investigated the behavioral response to optogenetic activation of leptin receptors. Really interesting, but not as sensational as the news article presents.

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jharrisimages t1_j9popri wrote

And this is why mice are not endangered, but pandas are.

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jxj24 t1_j9pp51z wrote

My spirit animal, apparently.

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grav0p1 t1_j9pppvl wrote

if you’re still in bed why would you get up? work up a real appetite then eat

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_night_cat t1_j9ppq2s wrote

Smart, fornicating on a full stomach is unpleasant

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seaspirit331 t1_j9prlxp wrote

Unsurprising if you look at it from a game logic perspective. Let's say you're in a tough position in a video game (dying of starvation) that has a completely different win condition (passing on your genes). As long as you have a relatively decent chance of winning the game on the spot, it's better to go for it rather than trying to dig yourself out of a bad position and hope for the chance of winning the game later on.

Over time, it makes sense that game-winning behaviors take precedence over some survival behaviors, since those are the behaviors that are rewarded with passing on their genes.

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melanthius t1_j9pxw46 wrote

Who are we to argue with Mother Nature?

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glm409 t1_j9q2fgt wrote

Change Mice in the title to Most Men and I are oils accept it as fact without reading the paper.

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Mudgeon t1_j9q5i0t wrote

Me too little buddies me too

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AMF1428 t1_j9qoo1l wrote

That's because they know they can always eat their young eventually.

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Carpen t1_j9qqb31 wrote

They got that dawg in ‘em fr

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Kaje26 t1_j9quxi4 wrote

I think I’m a lot like a mouse.

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NohPhD t1_j9qvgjt wrote

While high on poppy pods…

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TheDr-Is-in t1_j9r4n1l wrote

Me too. I prefer sex with mice over food when hungry.

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needanamegenarator t1_j9r5kns wrote

Poverty taught us this already. Glad the college crowd is catching on.

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Timely-Huckleberry73 t1_j9r6kbr wrote

Replying to seaspirit331 (#1,944,120)

Also mates are generally much more scarce than food (especially for non-carnivores). If a mouse was to pass at a chance to mate in order to eat who knows when it would have a chance to mate again, but if a mouse were to pass at a chance to eat in order to mate it is very likely that it would be able to find some food soon after.

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no_more_secrets t1_j9rhiuw wrote

Mice don't make it to their 40's and don't have HBO Max.

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ThrA-X t1_j9rnvxc wrote

We're not so different afterall.

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karma_the_sequel t1_j9sc0r8 wrote

That’ll change after they’ve been married for a few years.

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buttwh0l t1_j9siwiu wrote

They already know that sandwich is going to make itself

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pwpig t1_j9smd45 wrote

I read it like "even in Hungary" and was baffled for a good minute...

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dskippy t1_j9sojuz wrote

So just got to a party and you've been starving for hours but you were waiting to eat because you know the host makes really great party food. The moment you get in you see the buffet and also an incredibly attractive person approaches you and asks if you want to go upstairs right now and fool around. I don't need a scientist to explain to me how this is going to go.

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PD711 t1_j9srlsb wrote

Awful headline.

>Researchers have discovered that hungry mice choose interaction with members of the opposite sex over eating and drinking when specific brain receptors sensitive to leptin are stimulated. The study is published in Cell Metabolism.

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tehruke t1_j9swnpc wrote

20 years ago the one's that didn't make that choice didn't produce offspring to make that choice now

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Explicit_Tech t1_j9tim1y wrote

Why eat food when I've already succeeded? I win at natural selection while hungry says a lot about me as a sperm donor.

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louisme97 t1_j9tnf3m wrote

i would too if i had the choice.

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C_Ux2 t1_j9urfvc wrote

TIL i am as horny as a mouse.

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No-Wonder1139 t1_ja19l2h wrote

Yep. I've never turned down sex because I was feeling a bit peckish. I'm not even a mouse.

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