It’s an experiment that was conducted to see what would happen when mice were given what people supposed would be a mice utopia. Things did not go well.
It was an experiment with too many mice, too well cared for. The mice became withdrawn and… “Though physically able to reproduce, the mice had lost the social skills required to mate.”
What is universe 25?
It’s an experiment that was conducted to see what would happen when mice were given what people supposed would be a mice utopia. Things did not go well.
Here’s some videos, pick your poison lol
https://youtu.be/7ReBJfxHjFU
https://youtu.be/NgGLFozNM2o
https://youtu.be/5m7X-1V9nOs
https://youtu.be/7CXj0AGuh4c
That’s not Utopia, that’s rats in a bag: overcrowding.
Animals need more than food, water, a clean environment, nesting material, stable temperature and freedom from predators.
All life forms need space to live.
“…when mice were given what people supposed would be a mice utopia”
But it also works as a comparison to our real world, where the ability to expand is restricted.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink
It was an experiment with too many mice, too well cared for. The mice became withdrawn and… “Though physically able to reproduce, the mice had lost the social skills required to mate.”
That guy’s experiments were the inspiration for the Rats of NIMH books, which led to The Secret of NIMH movie!
If you had to guess, what form would this “loss of social skills and non-mating” take in a human population?
Now I want to see human population density compared to birthrate 25 years later for regions with a current sub-replacement birthrate.
“Losing the social skills required to mate” sounds like many people I know.