1. Mice are excellent swimmers and can remain under water for several minutes
2. The average litter size is 5 to 6 but can be as high as 13!
3. Mice have good senses of smell, taste and hearing, however they have poor vision and
are colour-blind
4. Mice are omnivorous and in the field survive mainly on grass seeds, cereal and legume
grains
5. Did you know: You can keep mice on a table without a cage because mice are afraid to
jump off high vertical drops
6. Greeks and Indians thought mice were lightning bolts!
7. The name mouse comes from “mus”, a Sanskrit word that means thief
8. A male mouse is called a buck, a female mouse is called a doe and a baby mouse is
called a pinky, or a kitten
9. Some mice may play dead if they are frightened and cannot escape quickly
10. A mother mouse can produce over 100 babies a year!