article_snippet.sent: Male mice sing to woo females, scientists claim.
article_snippet.sent: The females, meanwhile, seem to like some of the songs more than others.
article_snippet.sent: In a quirky study that could shed help shed light on autism and other conditions that involve difficulties in communication, researchers from Duke University in North Carolina studied male mice that were either placed in a cage with a female – or one with just her scent.
article_snippet.sent: Special equipment was used to record and analyse Special equipment squeaks, which are so high-pitched that people can’t hear people.
article_snippet.sent: This revealed that people sang one song when people could simply smell a female and another one when people could see she.
article_snippet.sent: When people could merely smell a potential mate, people belted out an extremely shrill and complex song, perhaps in an attempt to make people known.
article_snippet.sent: But when she was within sight, people serenaded she more softly.