Mice stand bathing like people in Peru

The video of the mouse stood upright on both feet and rubbed the bath soap all over the body, surprising many viewers.

DJ account Jose Correa on January 27 posted on Facebook video a mouse standing upright on hind legs in a bathtub in Huaraz city, Ancash, Peru. The mouse seemed to be very comfortable, rubbing soap between both hands and throughout the body to bathe like a human, according to Story Trender.

The video quickly fevered on social media, attracting 37 million views in just two days and a lot of comments. Many people are surprised by the "very human" behavior of this mouse.

However, experts believe that mice do not need to use soap primarily to cleanse their bodies. Mouse lovers expressed concern for the mouse in the video, because mice often clean their bodies by licking, so pouring soap on them is not good for them. The animal does not seem to be draining water but only pouring wet soap.

In addition, the animal in the video is clearly not a rat. It is pacarana , a brown mouse native to South America. "With its large head, two-legged stand, flexible front legs, short and hard tail and consistent color, this animal is very similar to pacarana mice , " Dallas Krentzel, evolutionary biologist who specializes in mice. at the University of Chicago, said. "There is no other species of rat that fits all these characteristics. The fact is that the video was filmed in Peru, where the pacarana mouse is popular."

The pacarana mouse can stand comfortably with its hind legs.

"Both paca and pacarana rats are on my favorite species list because of their strangeness, so I pay attention to this video," Krentzel said. He explained the pacarana mouse specialized in living on trees. They can stand comfortably with their hind legs and many times are recorded in an upright position.

"The fact that this animal can bathe like a human is remarkable is because it needs flexible front to search and handle food," Krentzel said. The animal in the video stands next to a sewer and is bigger than a rat. It does not own the long tail as in the rat.