Mighty Mouse Has No Fear

Heard this on NPR this morning.

Basically, they found a gene that has to do with having and learning fear. My favorite part was this bit:



for some reason it made me think of the forums

I see where this is going, and it will only end in tears.

One enhanced mouse gets loose and impregnates a few wild mice. Those mice, in turn create more fearless mice. These mice evolve, and learn to make simple tools. Eventually they will develop more advanced technologies. Around this time, (because of their superior breeding abilities) they will outnumber us humans. Then, its go time. They decide that they should rule Earth and the Great Human/Mouse War begins.

The Mighty Mouse Army will prove to be an unstoppable opponent. Much like X-wings against the Death Star, these rodent fighters will be too small to fight with conventional arms. We will most likely use chemical weapons like white phosporous to smoke them out. The mice will develop protective gear, and continue to fight. Due to the high conscription rate of their army, there will be an endless supply of fresh troops to keep up the fight.

The mice will use old abandoned warehouses to their advantage. These warehouses were originally invaded by "mortal" mice ages ago, and will provide the Mighty Mouse numerous bases in our inner cities. One such warehouse will be the site where the mice will carry out heavy water experiments. The humans will be caught completely by surprise when the mice conduct their first nuclear test, and in a most ironic twist, the island of Manhattan is wiped from the face of the Earth.

Mouse suicide bombers will eventually win the war. Millions of mice armed with micro-nukes will invade our sewers. They will hit all our major cities in coordinated attacks. We will be unable/unwilling to bomb our own cities. Eventually, humanity will only exist in third world places which have no sewers.

The whole mouse takeover of Earth will take about 20 years. In that time, billions of decendants of the first Mighty Mouse will create a new world order. They will rule for over 1000 years, and humanity will be enslaved. Sometime early in the 2nd millenium of mouse rule, an astronaut will return from a deep space mission. He will return to a much changed world, one ruled by rodents. After a few scrapes with the local rodents, he will find himself on horseback with a local human female. He will discover that he is actually back on Earth and not some alien mouse world. In the end, he will be damning us all for destroying the Earth he once knew. An Earth destroyed by some scientist's twisted dream of fearless mice.

Look out! He's carrying plastic explosives!


(grr. another site that doesn't allow picture linking... here it is as an attachment)