In new lab experiments, scientists at the University of Southern California showed that when mice encountered a familiar social partner in a state of unconsciousness caused by anesthesia, they displayed distinct and consistent behaviors toward the partner, escalating from sniffing and grooming to more forceful actions such as biting the partner’s mouth or tongue and pulling its tongue out.
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