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So thank you to Kristen for sending in a beautiful tiny frog photo.
And it's a frog that is smaller than a rivet.
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Hello again, Lucy here, back with the answer to this week's quiz.
Earlier, I asked you how do new mice mothers warn male mice to stay away from their babies?
Or C. A circle of berries around their nest.
The answer is A, banana-scented urine.
Scientists discovered a banana-scented chemical in the urine of pregnant and recently pregnant mice called amyl acetate.
When exposed to it, male mice showed unusually high levels of stress, probably because, according to the researchers, this chemical means, if you come any closer, I will beat you up, which I think would stress anyone out.
Although, given that male mice often eat the babies of other mice, I'd say the aggressive messaging is probably warranted.