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The
life expectancy of the average mouse in the wild is
generally short and can be calculated in weeks or months.
Pet mice, however, can live up to 3 or 5 years. They
have in-built homing instincts but are almost certainly
colour-blind, viewing their world only in black and
white. Like most rodents, mice need to take in little
water. They produce almost all they require under normal
circumstances by "burning" the carbohydrates in the
food they eat and using the water that is released in
their bodies as a by-product of the "burning". This
metabolic water is produced by larger animals, including
man. But to these larger animals, it is a minor source
of water as their relatively massive bodies demand far
more water than such an internal spring can provide.
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