NOVA scienceNOW | A Day At The (Mouse) Beach | PBS
Duration: 00:37
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Program: NOVA scienceNOW #301
Broadcast Date: Jun. 25, 2008
Can this soggy mouse swim to dry land?Find out how mice learn their way to shore, and how they can regain that knowledge after memory loss.
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Post Date: June 19, 2008
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