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From: Diana Wright <nauplion@charm.net>
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The NYTimes Magazine, in an article on mouse ranching ("Whoop-ti
ki-yi-yo, git along, little dogies, it's your misfortune and none of my
own . . ") say that the ancient Cretans admired albino mice and
occasionally had them nest in their temples.

How is this known?

DW

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