• Question: what is the average age a mouse can live up to?

    Asked by 522aged22 to Sara on 12 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by MissMeths9.
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      Sara Falcone answered on 12 Nov 2015:

      A normal lab mouse usually lives 2 years on average. That depends on the mouse “breed” (that we call strains), some are more likely to get cancer or other age related problems so live a bit less. The oldest mouse, Yoda, lived about 4 years.
      Wild mice living outside live (in average) only 6 months because of predators and diseases.

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