![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/420_4.png)
Mice are incredibly clean, tidy and organised. Within their underground homes, they have specific areas for storing food, going to the toilet and for shelter.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/419_3.png)
Mice have facial expressions which can communicate their mood to other mice.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/421_4.png)
Mice are intelligent creatures with complex levels of communication.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/478_3.png)
Mice have great balance and can walk along very thin pieces of rope or wire.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/479_4.png)
Within Shamanism (an ancient healing tradition and way of life), the mouse is a symbol of wisdom, discovery and organisation.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/481_4.png)
Mice tails can grow as long as their bodies!
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/482_4.png)
Mice use their whiskers to sense changes in temperature and to help feel the surface they are walking along.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/483_4.png)
A mouse eats 15 - 20 times a day. Therefore they usually build their homes close to food sources, tending to only travel up to 8 metres from their burrows to find food.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/484_4.png)
In 1928, Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse was the first mouse character to be used in children’s cartoons and animation.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/485_4.png)
Other popular mouse characters in film and TV are Speedy Gonzales, Jerry (from Tom and Jerry) and of course, Stuart Little.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/486_4.png)
Mice have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long almost hairless tail.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/487_4.png)
A female house mouse can give birth to up to 12 babies every three weeks! That’s 150 babies a year!
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/488_4.png)
A male mouse is called a ‘buck’, a female mouse is called a ‘doe’ and a baby mouse is called a ‘pinky’ or a ‘kitten’.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/489_4.png)
The average mouse lives 1 – 2 years.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/490_4.png)
In Ancient Greece, the God Apollo was sometimes called Apollo Smintheus, which means Apollo the Mouse. To honour him, white mice were kept in Apollo's temples under the altar.
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/491_4.png)
The word mouse comes from an ancient Sanskrit word meaning "thief."
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/493_4.png)
Mice are really good gymnasts – they are excellent at jumping, climbing and swimming!
![Fun Facts](/UserFiles/spcakidseducation/Slider/282/494_4.png)
The origin of the words to the nursery rhyme “Three Blind Mice” are based in English history with King Henry VIII and his wife Queen Mary I.