[GSlob]

"Why the hell would we want that??? "
Mice are common lab test animals. Imagine the advantages if a humanly speaking mouse could talk and tell all the symptoms of the treatment it is experiencing.

[Right Wing It]

These aren't creatures that are fully aware of everything that humans are. They can't talk, and that is not even the purpose of this man's experiment. This man is simply fooling with something that does not need fooling with.
Then the situation arrouses in which individuals begin to question the rights of these animals, stating that they are human, and thus have the rights that humans do. In other words, the ACLU would have a fit and ban any further testing on any such "tlaking mouse"

[stuartcr]

I would really like to have a conversation with my dog.

[Caipirabob]

Imagine the advantages if a humanly speaking mouse could talk and tell all the symptoms of the treatment it is experiencing.

I'm aghast imagining it screaming and pleading for help as some snickering lab tech injects all sorts of viruses and poisons into it's system expecting to hear it describe the experience.

[Miss Marple]

If a mouse could talk and describe his symptoms, I think it would be rather creepy to still consider him a lab animal. Reason and speech are those things which define humanity. If you are going to prpoduce a talkking, reasoning mouse, you might as well just experiment on people.

[Elsie]

Here he comes, to save the day...........

[Cronos]

Mice are common lab test animals. Imagine the advantages if a humanly speaking mouse could talk and tell all the symptoms of the treatment it is experiencing.

Then, if it has that sense of self, would we still use it as a test animal? It's like using humans and asking them how they feel during the tests. Hello Dr. Mengele...